जवा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जवा (javā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʋäː]
Noun
जवा • (javā) f
- rose (more specifically the China rose)
- Synonym: गुलाब (gulāb)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जवा javā |
जवाएँ javāẽ |
| oblique | जवा javā |
जवाओं javāõ |
| vocative | जवा javā |
जवाओ javāo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जवा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জৱা (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- জবা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇဝါ (Burmese script)
- જવા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜವಾ (Kannada script)
- ជវា (Khmer script)
- ຊວາ (Lao script)
- ജവാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠸᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜଵା (Odia script)
- ꢙꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජවා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜவா (Tamil script)
- జవా (Telugu script)
- ชวา (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Cognate with Transoxianan Persian obsolete ژافه (žâfa, “a kind of herb, saffron?”), dialectal زافه (zâfe, “a kind of Persian shallot”) and زعفران (za'ferân, “saffron”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʋɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʋɑː/
Noun
जवा • (javā) stem, f
- rose (more specifically the China rose)
- saffron
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:केसर
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जवा (javā) | जवे (jave) | जवाः (javāḥ) |
| accusative | जवाम् (javām) | जवे (jave) | जवाः (javāḥ) |
| instrumental | जवया (javayā) जवा¹ (javā¹) |
जवाभ्याम् (javābhyām) | जवाभिः (javābhiḥ) |
| dative | जवायै (javāyai) | जवाभ्याम् (javābhyām) | जवाभ्यः (javābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जवायाः (javāyāḥ) जवायै² (javāyai²) |
जवाभ्याम् (javābhyām) | जवाभ्यः (javābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जवायाः (javāyāḥ) जवायै² (javāyai²) |
जवयोः (javayoḥ) | जवानाम् (javānām) |
| locative | जवायाम् (javāyām) | जवयोः (javayoḥ) | जवासु (javāsu) |
| vocative | जवे (jave) | जवे (jave) | जवाः (javāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जवा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412.