gajah
Acehnese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun edit
gajah
- elephant (mammal)
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja) (compare Malay gajah).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gajah
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Malay gajah, from Classical Malay gajah (“elephant”), from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Noun edit
gajah (first-person possessive gajahku, second-person possessive gajahmu, third-person possessive gajahnya)
- elephant (mammal)
- (chess) bishop
- (figurative) big-sized objects
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) | |||||
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raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Romanization edit
gajah
- Romanization of ꦒꦗꦃ
Maguindanao edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه)
- elephant (mammal)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Partially displaced liman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah, informal 1st possessive gajahku, 2nd possessive gajahmu, 3rd possessive gajahnya)
- 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 edit
- bergajah (“to ride an elephant”)
- gajah-gajahan (“to play chess; elephantisis”)
- menggajah (“to appear big”)
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: gajah
- → Bikol Central: gadyâ
- → Cebuano: gadyâ
- → Maguindanao: gajah
- → Tagalog: gadya
- → Tausug: gadja
See also edit
Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) | |||||
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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 edit
- 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 edit
- “gajah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
gajah
- Romanization of ᮌᮏᮂ
Categories:
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- Acehnese lemmas
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- ace:Elephants
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- Brunei Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
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- kxd:Elephants
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- id:Chess
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- Javanese non-lemma forms
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- Maguindanao terms borrowed from Malay
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- Rhymes:Malay/d͡ʒah
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- ms:Sports
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- Sundanese non-lemma forms
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