monja

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔɲ.d͡ʒa]

monja f (plural monges)

1. nun

• monjo

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja, from monge + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese monga.

• Hyphenation: mon‧ja

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monge, masculine plural monges)

1. nun, monkess (female monastics)

• freira
• monge

From monje +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxa/ [ˈmõŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -onxa
• Syllabification: mon‧ja

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monje, masculine plural monjes)

1. nun, monkess

• → Zacatepec Chatino: mòjā

• “monje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• jamón, mojan