majas

Majas is a Latvian word formed as the plural of māja, meaning house or home. It refers to dwellings in general or to the concept of home when speaking about more than one house. The singular form māja denotes a single dwelling. The term is common in everyday language as well as in real estate, architecture, and discussions of housing.

In Latvian orthography, the long vowel ā is indicated in the spelling māja, which helps distinguish meanings in context. In text without diacritics, the word may appear as mājas or, more simply, as majas, depending on the encoding used. The plural mājas follows standard patterns for feminine nouns in Latvian.

Mājas also appears as the base element in compound words related to the home. A well-known example is mājasdarbs, meaning homework, illustrating how the concept of home is extended into related activities. The term can also appear in phrases about households, housing policy, or dwelling-related topics.

The word can occur in place names or surnames outside Latvia, but in standard Latvian usage the diacritic-marked form mājas is preferred for the plural of māja. In modern contexts, the term is widely understood as referring to houses collectively or to the idea of home in a domestic sense.