جا

See also: خا‎ and چا‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Verb

جا • (gā) (perfect, imperfect ييجي‎ (yīgi))

1. Alternative form of جه‎ (gih)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ي ي‎

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː/, [d͡ʒaː], [ʒaː]

Verb

جا • (jā) (form I, non-past يجي‎ (yiji))

1. to come
2. to arrive

   Synonym: وَصَل‎ (waṣal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت‎ (jīt)	جيت‎ (jīt)	جا (jā)		جينا‎ (jīna)	جيتوا‎ (jītu)	جوا‎ (jō)
	f		جيتي‎ (jīti)	جات‎ (jāt)
non-past	m	أجي‎ (aji)	تجي‎ (tiji)	يجي‎ (yiji)		نجي‎ (niji)	تجوا‎ (tiju)	يجوا‎ (yiju)
	f		تجي‎ (tiji)	تجي‎ (tiji)
imperative	m		تعال‎ (taʿāl)				تعالوا‎ (taʿālu)
	f		تعالي‎ (taʿāli)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ي ي‎
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaː/

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Verb

جا • (jā) (form I, non-past يجي‎ (yji) or ييجي‎ (yīji))

1. to come

   ‏جيتي انت وياه لعندنا.‎‎

   jīti nta w-iyyāh l-ʕandna

   You and he came to us.

2. to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image) [+ مع‎ (object)]

   ‏جا معاك هاد السروال.‎‎

   ja mʕāk hād es-sirwāl

   Those pants suit you.

3. to arrive

   Synonym: وصل‎ (wṣal)

4. (in the past tense) to be located

   ‏فين جات مصر؟‎‎

   fīn jāt miṣr

   Where is Egypt located?

5. (in the present tense) to be related to someone

   ‏واش كتجيك ديك البنت؟‎‎

   wāš katjīk dīk el-bint?

   Is that girl related to you?

   ‏كنجيه شي حاجة.‎‎

   kanjīh ši ḥāja.

   I am related to him somehow

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت‎ (jīt)	جيتي‎ (jīti)	جا (ja)		جينا‎ (jīna)	جيتوا‎ (jītu)	جاوا‎ (jāw)
	f			جات‎ (jāt)
non-past	m	نجي‎ (nji)	تجي‎ (tji)	يجي‎ (yīji)		نجيوا‎ (njīw)	تجيوا‎ (tjīw)	يجيوا‎ (yijīw)
	f		تجي‎ (tji)	تجي‎ (tji)
imperative	m		آجي‎ (ʔāji)				آجيوا‎ (ʔājīw)
	f		آجي‎ (ʔāji)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg, “place”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː(j)/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː(j)/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒː(j)/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔ(j)/

Noun

جا • (jâ)

1. place
2. space
3. location
4. seat
5. (dialectal) bed, mattress, bedding

   ‏جاتو جمع کن.‎‎ ― jâto jam kon. ― Remove your mattress(blanket, bedsheet, etc).

Derived terms

• اینجا‎ (injâ)
• آنجا‎ (ânjâ), اونجا‎ (unjâ)
• کجا‎ (kojâ)
• جابجا‎ (jâbejâ)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “jʾy”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page gyʾg