eja

See also: ejā, ẹja, and -ēja

Translingual

Symbol

eja

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ejamat.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ejamat terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

• paja — Gheg

Etymology

From *enja, from Proto-Albanian *ainja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Compare Greek έλα (éla), Bulgarian ела (ela, “come”), Latvian eja (“way, passage, corridor”) from iet (“to go”), Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta /⁠iyatta⁠/, “goes”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy, “goes”).

Verb

eja!

1. second-person singular imperative of vij

Related terms

• jakë
• vij
• eci
• iki

Ese

Noun

eja

1. nose ornament

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• edja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay eja, from Persian هجا (hejâ, “syllable”), from Arabic هِجَاء (hijāʔ, “spelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛd͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: èja

Verb

èja (base/imperative/colloquial eja, active mengeja, passive dieja)

1. to spell: to read (something) as though letter by letter

Derived terms

• ejaan
• mengeja
• pengeja
• pengejaan

Further reading

• “eja”, 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

Latin

Interjection

eja

1. alternative spelling of eia