Zoja

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója), equivalent to Czech Zoe and English Zoe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzoja]

Proper noun

Zoja f (relational adjective Zojin)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Зо́я (Zója). Cognate with English Zoe.

Proper noun

Zoja f

  1. a female given name
  2. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Зо́я (Zója)

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Zoja was the only given name of 3452 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɔja]

Proper noun

Zoja f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Zoja
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativeZojaZoje
genitiveZojeZojí
dativeZojiZojam
accusativeZojuZoje
locativeZojiZojach
instrumentalZojouZojami

Further reading

  • Zoja”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɔja/

Proper noun

Zoja f

  1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. Zoja
gen. sing. Zoje
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Zoja Zoji Zoje
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Zoje Zoj Zoj
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Zoji Zojama Zojam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Zojo Zoji Zoje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Zoji Zojah Zojah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Zojo Zojama Zojami