naja
English
noun
Definitions
- A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit नाग (snake, serpent, large snake, cobra, elephant, cruel man) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (crawl, a creeping thing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sneg-
Gloss
crawl, a creeping thing
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nag champa English
- snake English
- *negʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sneg- Proto-Indo-European
- naja Portuguese
- *snakô Proto-Germanic
- नाग Sanskrit
- नागिन् Sanskrit
- नाग Hindi
- నాగకంకణుడు Telugu
- నాగనందిని Telugu
- నాగభూషణుడు Telugu
- నాగేంద్రుడు Telugu
- naga Malay
- 那伽 Chinese
- nāga Pali
- *nāgás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- នាគ Central Khmer
- *nāgás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ناگ Urdu
- நாகம் Tamil
- ನಾಗ Kannada
- ᦓᦱᧅ Lü
- നാഗം Malayalam
- ناگ Kashmiri
- نانگ Sindhi