जय
HindiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- जै (jai)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
जय • (jay) f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of जय (fem cons-stem)
InterjectionEdit
जय • (jay)
- hail, glory, long live; victory to
- जय राम! ― jay rām! ― Hail Rāma!
- जय हिन्द! ― jay hind! ― Victory to India!
See alsoEdit
- जय हो (jay ho)
- ज़िन्दाबाद (zindābād)
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Alternative forms
NounEdit
जय m
- Devanagari script form of jaya
DeclensionEdit
Declension table of "जय" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | जयो | जया |
| Accusative (second) | जयं | जये |
| Instrumental (third) | जयेन | जयेहि or जयेभि |
| Dative (fourth) | जयस्स or जयाय or जयत्थं | जयानं |
| Ablative (fifth) | जयस्मा or जयम्हा or जया | जयेहि or जयेभि |
| Genitive (sixth) | जयस्स | जयानं |
| Locative (seventh) | जयस्मिं or जयम्हि or जये | जयेसु |
| Vocative (calling) | जय | जया |
SanskritEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the root जी (jī, “to win”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).
Alternative scriptsEdit
Alternative scripts
- ᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
- জয (Assamese script)
- জয (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
- જય (Gujarati script)
- ꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
- ಜಯ (Kannada script)
- ဇယ (Burmese script)
- 𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଜଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
- జయ (Telugu script)
- ཛཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
जय • (jayá) m
- conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
- (in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
- Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
- a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
- name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
- (music) a kind of flute
- (music) a kind of measure
- the sun
- Arjuna
- Indra
- name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
- name of a spirit
- name of an attendant of Vishnu
- name of a Nāga
- name of a Danava
- name of a son
- name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
- name of a Pandava hero
- name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
- name of Aśoka in a former birth
- name of a carpenter
- Terminalia chebula
- नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
- for जपा (japā)
- name of a narcotic substance
- the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
- one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
- name of the saurā dharmāḥ
- name of Durga
- name of a daughter of Dakṣa
- name of yoginī
- name of Śakti
- name of a handmaid of Durga
- name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
- of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini
DeclensionEdit
| Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जयः jayáḥ |
जयौ jayaú |
जयाः / जयासः¹ jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | जय jáya |
जयौ jáyau |
जयाः / जयासः¹ jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | जयम् jayám |
जयौ jayaú |
जयान् jayā́n |
| Instrumental | जयेन jayéna |
जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām |
जयैः / जयेभिः¹ jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | जयाय jayā́ya |
जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām |
जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | जयात् jayā́t |
जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām |
जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | जयस्य jayásya |
जययोः jayáyoḥ |
जयानाम् jayā́nām |
| Locative | जये jayé |
जययोः jayáyoḥ |
जयेषु jayéṣu |
| Notes |
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Related termsEdit
- जयति (jayati)
DescendantsEdit
- Bengali: জয় (jôẏ)
- English: Jaya
- Hindi: जय (jay)
- Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
- Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
- Khmer: ជ័យ (cɨy), ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
- Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
- Malay: jaya
- Indonesian: jaya
- Pali: jaya
AdjectiveEdit
जय • (jayá)
- (at the end of a compound) conquering, winning
Derived termsEdit
- ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
- कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
- धनंजय (dhánaṃ-jayá)
- पुरंजय (puraṃ-jaya)
- मृत्युंजय (mṛtyúṃ-jaya)
- शल्रुंजय (śalruṃ-jaya)
ReferencesEdit
- Monier Williams (1899) , “जय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0412.