saja

saja

1. inflection of sajë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

saja (ditransitive)

1. to say, to tell

• Lars Steensland (2021), Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN

saja

1. cockatoo

saja

1. genitive singular of sada

Borrowed from English sarge.

• IPA^(key): /sáː.(d)ʒàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáː.d͡ʒàː]

sājā̀ m (possessed form sājàn)

1. sergeant (military rank)

When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.

• samanja

Borrowed from Esperanto saĝa, English sage, French sage, Italian saggio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʒa/, /ˈsad͡ʒa/

saja

1. wise, sensible

   Antonym: dessaja

From Malay sahaja, saja, from Classical Malay سهاج (sahaja), ساج (saja), from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, innate, original”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒa/ [ˈsa.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: sa‧ja

saja

1. also, besides; as well; further; too

   Synonyms: juga, pun

2. merely, only, just, without any other reason etc. and nothing more

   Synonyms: cuma, hanya, semata-mata

3. exclusively
4. always
   1. at all times; throughout all time
   2. constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally)

   Synonym: selalu

5. as you like, to any extent or degree

   Synonyms: seenaknya, sesuka hati

6. preferably, rather

   Synonym: lebih baik

7. very, extremely: used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect as emphasis

   Synonym: sekali

If hanya and saja are in combined usage as a fixed collocation (i.e., hanya saja), it means "the catch is..." or "however."

• aja (colloquial)
• sahaja (archaic or obsolete)
• sadja, sahadja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

• hanya
• cuma

saja

1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) superseded spelling of saya

• “saja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒə/ [ˈsat̪̚.͡ʒə]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈsad͡ʒa/ [ˈsa.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: sa‧ja

saja (Jawi spelling ساج)

1. (informal) alternative form of sahaja

saja

1. wing
2. fin

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984), Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 32

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صایا (saya, “serge”). Skok attempts to derive this from صایمق (saymak, “to count”) (modern saymak), but it is perhaps more probably a medieval Wanderwort with its origins in Latin sagum (“coarse red military cloak”): compare English saye (“fine cloth similar to serge”), Portuguese saia (“skirt”), Italian saia (“a kind of fabric”) from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /sǎja/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ja

sàja f (Cyrillic spelling са̀ја)

1. a kind of fine red broadcloth or serge; saye
2. (Vranje dialect) a kind of sleeveless woman’s dress that ends above the knee

• Drago Grdenić, editor (1953–1955), “sàja”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 14, Zagreb: JAZU, page 509
• Skok, Petar (1973), “saja”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 188

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaxa/ [ˈsa.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: sa‧ja

saja

1. inflection of sajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

saja

1. romanization of 𒋃 (sag̃a)