gajah
Acehnese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
gajah
- elephant (mammal)
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja) (compare Malay gajah).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.d͡ʒah/
Noun
gajah
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay gajah, from Classical Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒah]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
- Syllabification: ga‧jah
Noun
gajah (plural gajah-gajah)
Synonyms
- liman (dialectal, uncommon)
See also
| Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |
Further reading
- “gajah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
gajah
- romanization of ꦒꦗꦃ
Maguindanao
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒʌh]
- Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
- Syllabification: ga‧jah
Noun
gajah (Jawi spelling ݢَاْجَهْ)
- elephant (mammal)
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Partially displaced liman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡa.d͡ʒah]
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒah, -ah
- Hyphenation: ga‧jah
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Noun
gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah)
- An elephant; a type of mammal.
- Gajah mempunyai kulit tebal.
- Elephants have thick skin.
- (sports) The bishop piece in chess.
- (in certain compound nouns) A giant.
- Antonym: padi
- nyamuk gajah ― giant mosquito
Affixations
- bergajah (“to ride an elephant”)
- gajah-gajahan (“to play chess; elephantisis”)
- menggajah (“to appear big”)
Compounds
- badak gajah
- gajah Afrika
- gajah Asia
- gajah bara
- gajah barat
- gajah guling
- gajah India
- gajah lalang
- gajah laut
- gajah menung
- gajah menyusu
- gajah mina
- gajah patah
- gajah tunggal
- nyamuk gajah
Descendants
- Indonesian: gajah
- → Bikol Central: gadyâ
- → Cebuano: gadyâ
- → Maguindanao: gajah
- → Tagalog: gadya
- → Tausug: gadja
See also
| Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| raja, syah راج, شاه |
bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو |
benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير |
gajah ݢاجه |
kuda کودا |
bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون |
References
- Traces of Contact in the Lexicon[1], Brill, 2023, →ISBN, page 39
- Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 65-6
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݣاجه gadjah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 98
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢاجه gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 557
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 318
Further reading
- “gajah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Noun
gajah
Sundanese
Etymology
Noun
gajah (Sundanese script ᮌᮏᮂ)