जगह

Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh), جاگه (jāgah), from جا (jā), جای (jāy, “place”) + ـگاه (-gāh, “location suffix”). Cognate with Assamese জেগা (zega), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Marathi जागा (jāgā), Nepali जग्गा (jaggā), Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh), Odia ଜାଗା (jāgā), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā).

The shortening of the vowels may be due to influence from जगत् (jagat, “world”).^[1]

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɡäː], /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɡɛʱ]

जगह • (jagah) f (Urdu spelling جگہ)

1. place, site

   Synonym: स्थान (sthān)

   हम कौनसी जगह आ गये?

   ham kaunsī jagah ā gaye?

   Where have we come?

   (literally, “What place have we come to?”)

2. space, room, space

   मेट्रो में कभी बैठने की जगह नहीं मिलती।

   meṭro mẽ kabhī baiṭhne kī jagah nahī̃ miltī.

   One can never find a space to sit in the metro.

   जगह छोड़ना ― jagah choṛnā ― to leave room

3. vacancy (e.g. for a job)

• जगह-जगह (jagah-jagah)