गज
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡəd͡ʒ/, [ɡɐd͡ʒ]
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian گز (gaz).
Noun
गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)
- alternative spelling of गज़ (gaz): gudge: a historic unit of length equivalent to sixteen girah, redefined under British occupation as exactly equal to a yard
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गज gaj |
गज gaj |
| oblique | गज gaj |
गजों gajõ |
| vocative | गज gaj |
गजो gajo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marwari
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
गज (gaj) m
Synonyms
- गयंद (gayãnd)
Further reading
- Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 80
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
गज • (gaja) m
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
गज m
- Devanagari script form of gaja (“elephant”)
Declension
Declension table of "गज" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | गजो (gajo) | गजा (gajā) |
| Accusative (second) | गजं (gajaṃ) | गजे (gaje) |
| Instrumental (third) | गजेन (gajena) | गजेहि (gajehi) or गजेभि (gajebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | गजस्स (gajassa) or गजाय (gajāya) or गजत्थं (gajatthaṃ) | गजानं (gajānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | गजस्मा (gajasmā) or गजम्हा (gajamhā) or गजा (gajā) | गजेहि (gajehi) or गजेभि (gajebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | गजस्स (gajassa) | गजानं (gajānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | गजस्मिं (gajasmiṃ) or गजम्हि (gajamhi) or गजे (gaje) | गजेसु (gajesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | गज (gaja) | गजा (gajā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- গজ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬚ (Balinese script)
- গজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဇ (Burmese script)
- ગજ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಜ (Kannada script)
- គជ (Khmer script)
- ຄຊ (Lao script)
- ഗജ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐖 (Newa script)
- ଗଜ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖕 (Siddham script)
- ගජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚑 (Takri script)
- க³ஜ (Tamil script)
- గజ (Telugu script)
- คช (Thai script)
- ག་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain, possibly substrate, origin.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
गज • (gaja) stem, m
- elephant
- (chaturanga) gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गजः (gajaḥ) | गजौ (gajau) गजा¹ (gajā¹) |
गजाः (gajāḥ) गजासः¹ (gajāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | गजम् (gajam) | गजौ (gajau) गजा¹ (gajā¹) |
गजान् (gajān) |
| instrumental | गजेन (gajena) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजैः (gajaiḥ) गजेभिः¹ (gajebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गजाय (gajāya) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजेभ्यः (gajebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गजात् (gajāt) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजेभ्यः (gajebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गजस्य (gajasya) | गजयोः (gajayoḥ) | गजानाम् (gajānām) |
| locative | गजे (gaje) | गजयोः (gajayoḥ) | गजेषु (gajeṣu) |
| vocative | गज (gaja) | गजौ (gajau) गजा¹ (gajā¹) |
गजाः (gajāḥ) गजासः¹ (gajāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- महागज (mahāgaja)
Descendants
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)
- Pali: gaja
- → Acehnese: gajah
- → Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)
- → Banjarese: gajah
- → Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ (gaja)
- → Bikol Central: gagdya
- → Cebuano: gadya
- → Chinese: 伽耶 (qiéyé)
- → Gorontalo: gaja
- → Hiligaynon: gadyo
- → Hindi: गज (gaj)
- → Ilocano: gadia
- → Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah)
- → Kannada: ಗಜ (gaja)
- → Ledo Kaili: gaja
- → Kapampangan: gagdia
- → Madurese: ꦓꦙ (ghajha)
- → Malay: gajah
- → Malayalam: ഗജം (gajaṁ)
- → Minangkabau: gajah
- → Old Gujarati: गज (gaja)
- → Marwari: गज (gaj) (learned)
- → Molbog: gaja
- → Brooke's Point Palawano: gadya
- → Sasak: gajah
- → Sika: glajak
- → Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ (gajah)
- → Tagalog: gadya
- → Tamil: கஜம் (kajam)
- → Telugu: గజము (gajamu)
- → Tulu: ಗಜ (gaja)
- → Urdu: گج (gaj)
- → Waray-Waray: gadya
- → Wolio: gaja
- → English: gaja (learned)
References
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gaja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gaja- - ganá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 458