gaja
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaja (plural gajas)
- (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
- (chaturanga) A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
- (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
Anagrams
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English gay, French gai, Italian gaio. Doublet of geja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gaja (accusative singular gajan, plural gajaj, accusative plural gajajn)
Derived terms
[edit]- gajega (“jolly; jovial”)
Descendants
[edit]- Ido: gaya
Ledo Kaili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
[edit]gaja
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).
Noun
[edit]gaja
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "gaja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀕𑀚 (gaja), 𑀕𑀬 (gaya).
Noun
[edit]gaja m
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "gaja" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | gajo | gajā |
Accusative (second) | gajaṃ | gaje |
Instrumental (third) | gajena | gajehi or gajebhi |
Dative (fourth) | gajassa or gajāya or gajatthaṃ | gajānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | gajasmā or gajamhā or gajā | gajehi or gajebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | gajassa | gajānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | gajasmiṃ or gajamhi or gaje | gajesu |
Vocative (calling) | gaja | gajā |
Descendants
[edit]- Khmer: គជ (kĕəʼcĕəʼ)
References
[edit]- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gaja”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead, page 240
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]gaja f (plural gajas)
- female equivalent of gajo
- (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) girl
- 2015, dB PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:
- Tu és a minha gaja
És a minha gaja
Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja- You're my girl
You're my girl
Without any shadow of a doubt there is
- You're my girl
Soninke
[edit]Verb
[edit]gaja
- to fight
Related terms
[edit]gajanŋaana (warrior)
References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from the Sanskrit root गज्
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- English transliterations of Sanskrit terms
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːdʒə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːdʒə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- en:Elephants
- en:Board games
- en:Chess
- Esperanto terms derived from English
- Esperanto terms derived from French
- Esperanto terms derived from Italian
- Esperanto doublets
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/aja
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- Esperanto BRO4
- Ledo Kaili terms borrowed from Malay
- Ledo Kaili terms derived from Malay
- Ledo Kaili terms derived from Sanskrit
- Ledo Kaili lemmas
- Ledo Kaili nouns
- lew:Elephants
- Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese nouns
- Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Pali terms derived from Sanskrit
- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Latin script
- Pali masculine nouns
- pi:Mammals
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese female equivalent nouns
- Portuguese informal terms
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- European Portuguese
- Portuguese terms with quotations
- pt:People
- Soninke lemmas
- Soninke verbs