जादा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیاده (ziyāda), from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda). Related to जास्त (jāsta). Compare Gujarati જ્યાદા (jyādā), Hindi ज़्यादा (zyādā), Punjabi ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ (ziādā) / زِیادہ (zīyādh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑa.d̪a/

Adjective

जादा • (jādā)

1. more, excessive
2. (colloquial, of a person) forward, arrogant, brash

   Synonym: आगाऊ (āgāū)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जादा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जादा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जा(ज्या)दा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).