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teja

Pronunciation: /ˈted͡ʒa/

“teja” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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

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