جابجا

Persian

Etymology

From جا (“jâ”) +‎ به (“be”) +‎ جا (“jâ”).

Adjective

جابجا • (jâbejâ)

1. of or pertaining to having switched places, e.g., when a red marker's cap is placed on a blue marker while the blue marker's cap is place on the red marker. In this case, the caps are said to be جابجا.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cabəca
• → Urdu: جابجا
• → Uzbek: jobajo

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جابجا (jā-ba-jā, literally “(from) place to place”).

Adverb

جابجا • (jābajā) (Hindi spelling जाबजा)

1. here and there