different between cobra vs naja
cobra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??b??/, /?k?b??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ko?b??/
Noun
cobra (plural cobras)
- Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
- A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Barco, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, carob, coarb
Catalan
Verb
cobra
- third-person singular present indicative form of cobrar
- second-person singular imperative form of cobrar
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ko?.bra?/
- Hyphenation: co?bra
Noun
cobra f (plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)
- cobra, venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja
- (especially) Indian cobra, Naja naja
- Synonyms: brilslang, gewone cobra, Indiase cobra
Derived terms
- cobralelie
- gewone cobra
- Indiase cobra
- koningscobra
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra. Doublet of couleuvre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.b?a/
Noun
cobra m (plural cobras)
- cobra (snake)
References
- “cobra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese coobra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin colubra (“snake”).
Alternative forms
- cóbrega, quiobra
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k???a?/
Noun
cobra f (plural cobras)
- snake
- Synonym: serpe
- cobra
Etymology 2
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cobra, from Latin copula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k???a?/
Noun
cobra f (plural cobras)
- (historical) stanze
- Synonym: copla
- (archaic) paragraph
- 1405, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega
- vay todo escripto en hua cobra et man de papel et cosido con fio branco de linno et ennas juntas meu nome
- 1405, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega
References
- “cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “coobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cobra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cobra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cobra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cobra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?b????/
Noun
cobra m (genitive singular cobra, nominative plural cobraí)
- cobra
Declension
Derived terms
- rí-chobra (“king cobra”)
Mutation
Further reading
- "cobra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cobra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “cobra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?.bra/
- Rhymes: -?bra
- Hyphenation: cò?bra
Noun
cobra m (invariable)
- cobra
Derived terms
Anagrams
- cabro, cabrò, corba
References
- cobra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?k?.b?a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?k?.???/
- Hyphenation: co?bra
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.
Noun
cobra f (plural cobras)
- snake
- Synonyms: serpente, ofídio
Usage notes
- The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “cobra macho” for male, and “cobra fêmea” for female.
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
cobra
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cobrar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cobrar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kob?a/, [?ko.???a]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”). Doublet of culebra.
Noun
cobra f (plural cobras)
- cobra
- the act of hacer la cobra
Derived terms
- cobra real
- hacer la cobra
Related terms
- culebra
See also
- serpiente
- reptil
- veneno
- mordida
Etymology 2
See cobrar.
Verb
cobra
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cobrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cobrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of cobrar.
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?bra/
Noun
cobra m or f (plural cobraod)
- cobra
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cobra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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naja
English
Etymology
From Sanskrit ??? (n?ga), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).
Noun
naja (plural najas)
- A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras
See also
- Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Jana
French
Noun
naja m (plural najas)
- cobra (venomous snake)
Further reading
- “naja” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Alternative forms
- na ja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na(?)?ja(?)/
Interjection
naja
- well
- uh-huh, if you say so (expresses disagreement with what was said but an unwillingness to argue about it)
Greenlandic
Noun
naja (plural najat)
- Alternative form of najak
Italian
Noun
naja f (uncountable)
- (slang) compulsory military service; draft, conscription
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *n?h. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhu?tl (“I”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?naha/
Pronoun
naja
- (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
See also
- ni- (subject marker)
- nech- (object marker)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “serpent, snake”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?na.?a/
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
- A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
- Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo
Spanish
Etymology
From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “serpent, snake”).
Noun
naja f (plural najas)
- a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
- Synonym: cobra
Venetian
Etymology
Compare Italian naja
Noun
naja f (invariable)
- conscription, military service