teja

From Malay teja, from Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈted͡ʒa/ [ˈt̪e.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ed͡ʒa
• Syllabification: te‧ja

téja (plural teja-teja)

1. an afterglow; glow seen in the sky after sunset

   Synonym: layung

2. (poetic) rainbow

   Synonyms: pelangi, bianglala

• “teja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

teja

1. romanization of ꦠꦺꦗ

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛja/, [ˈteja], [ˈtɛja]

teja

1. inflection of tej:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

From Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈted͡ʒa/ [ˈt̪e.d͡ʒa]
  • Rhymes: -ed͡ʒa

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈted͡ʒə/ [ˈt̪e.d͡ʒə]
  • Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə
• Hyphenation: te‧ja

téja (Jawi spelling تيجا, plural teja-teja)

1. foreglow or afterglow, reddish or yellowish ray observed during sunset or sunrise
2. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelangi

• → Indonesian: teja

• “teja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas).

• IPA^(key): /ted͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
• Hyphenation: té‧ja

teja

1. sharp edge, point or top
2. glow, glare, splendour, fire
3. fiery energy, vital power, spiritual or magical power
4. glory

• Javanese: ꦠꦺꦗ (téja)
• → Balinese: ᬢᬾᬚ (téja)

• "teja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

teja n

1. Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of tejas (“brilliance”)

teja

1. vocative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)

Clipping of esteja, a possible conjugation of the verb estar.

teja

1. eye dialect spelling of esteja

• IPA^(key): /ˈtexa/ [ˈt̪e.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: te‧ja

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, whence English tile through the Latin word's Proto-Germanic descendant, from Proto-Indo-European *tegdʰleh₂. Doublet of tarro.

teja f (plural tejas)

1. roof tile
2. a type of noodle
3. a type of chocolate from Peru
4. (Costa Rica, slang) a 100-colón coin

   media teja ― a 50-colón coin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teja

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teja

1. inflection of tejer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “teja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024