जई
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit यविय (yáviya), यव्य (yávya, “consisting of grain”), from यव (yáva). Cognate with Bengali জই (joi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जई • (jaī) f (Urdu spelling جئی)
Declension edit
Declension of जई (fem ind ī-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “जई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáviya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press