जाया
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জায়া (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬵᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- জায়া (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰯𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇာယာ (Burmese script)
- જાયા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਾਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦴꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂰𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಾಯಾ (Kannada script)
- ជាយា (Khmer script)
- ຊາຍາ (Lao script)
- ജായാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘰𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧑𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐵𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜାଯା (Odia script)
- ꢙꢵꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆳𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖯𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජායා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩛𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚭𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜாயா (Tamil script)
- జాయా (Telugu script)
- ชายา (Thai script)
- ཛཱ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒰𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨊𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Exact origin obscure, but ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, produce”) (thus literally “one who begets”) or *ǵemH- (“to marry”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɑː.jɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɑː.jɑː/
Noun
जाया • (jāyā́) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जाया (jāyā́) | जाये (jāyé) | जायाः (jāyā́ḥ) |
| accusative | जायाम् (jāyā́m) | जाये (jāyé) | जायाः (jāyā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | जायया (jāyáyā) जाया¹ (jāyā́¹) |
जायाभ्याम् (jāyā́bhyām) | जायाभिः (jāyā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | जायायै (jāyā́yai) | जायाभ्याम् (jāyā́bhyām) | जायाभ्यः (jāyā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जायायाः (jāyā́yāḥ) जायायै² (jāyā́yai²) |
जायाभ्याम् (jāyā́bhyām) | जायाभ्यः (jāyā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जायायाः (jāyā́yāḥ) जायायै² (jāyā́yai²) |
जाययोः (jāyáyoḥ) | जायानाम् (jāyā́nām) |
| locative | जायायाम् (jāyā́yām) | जाययोः (jāyáyoḥ) | जायासु (jāyā́su) |
| vocative | जाये (jā́ye) | जाये (jā́ye) | जायाः (jā́yāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Related terms
- जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”)
- जार (ȷ́ā́ra, ȷ́ārá, “suitor, paramour, lover, intimate companion”)
- जार्य (jāryá, “intimacy; companionship”)
- जामातृ (jā́mātṛ, “son-in-law”)
- जामि (ȷ́āmí, “female relative; daughter-in-law; consanguinity”)
Descendants
- Pali: jāyā
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (jāyā)
- → Thai: ชายา (chaa-yaa, “royal wife”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press