जा

See also: ज़ा

Bodo (India)

Verb

जा (ja) (Latin script ja)

1. to eat
2. to have a meal

Gamale Kham

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zɐ/

Noun

जा

1. utensil

References

• Wilde, Christopher P. (2016), “जा”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Garhwali

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskrit याति (yāti). Cognates include Hindi जाना (jānā) and Nepali जानु (jānu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑ/

Verb

जा (jā)

1. (intransitive) to go
2. (auxiliary) Used to mark that an action is slightly unexpected.

References

• Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 2

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː/, [d͡ʒäː]

Verb

जा • (jā)

1. inflection of जाना (jānā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʑa/

Verb

1. inflection of जाणे (jāṇe):
   1. stem of जाणे
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जा

Verb

जा • (jā)

1. inflection of जानु (jānu):
   1. stem
   2. low-respectful second-person singular imperative

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
• জা (Assamese script)
• জা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
• જા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
• ជា (Khmer script)
• ಜಾ (Kannada script)
• ຊາ (Lao script)
• ജാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဇာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජා (Sinhalese script)
• ஜா (Tamil script)
• జా (Telugu script)
• ชา (Thai script)
• ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵń̥h₁s, from *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː/

Noun

जा • (jā́) root form, m or f

1. offspring
2. (in plural) descendants

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of जा (jā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ jaú	जाः jā́ḥ
Vocative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ jaú	जाः jā́ḥ
Accusative	जाम् jā́m	जौ jaú	जाः / जः¹ jā́ḥ / jáḥ¹
Instrumental	जा jā́	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभिः jā́bhiḥ
Dative	जे jé	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जः jáḥ	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जः jáḥ	जोः jóḥ	जानाम् / जाम्¹ jā́nām / jā́m¹
Locative	जि jí	जोः jóḥ	जासु jā́su
Notes	¹Perhaps

Feminine ā-stem declension of जा (jā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ jaú	जाः jā́ḥ
Vocative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ jaú	जाः jā́ḥ
Accusative	जाम् jā́m	जौ jaú	जाः / जः¹ jā́ḥ / jáḥ¹
Instrumental	जा jā́	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभिः jā́bhiḥ
Dative	जे jé	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जः jáḥ	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जः jáḥ	जोः jóḥ	जानाम् / जाम्¹ jā́nām / jā́m¹
Locative	जि jí	जोः jóḥ	जासु jā́su
Notes	¹Perhaps

Derived terms

• प्रजा (prajā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 416.