Apabhramsa

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit जिअ (jia), जीअ (jīa), from Sanskrit जीव (jīva, living being, soul).

Noun

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जिय (jiya) (Gurjara)

  1. soul, being, person
    • c. 1159, Haribhadra, सनत्कुमारचरित (sanatkumāracarita) 693.1
      अहह अरि जिय करिसि मा रोसु
      ahaha ari jiya karisi mā rosu
      O, soul, you must not do anger

Declension

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Declension of जिय (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative जियु (jiyu) जिय (jiya)
Accusative जियु (jiyu) जिय (jiya)
Instrumental जियें (jiyeṃ) or जियेणं (jiyeṇaṃ) or जियेण (jiyeṇa) जिय (jiya) or जियेहिं (jiyehiṃ)
Dative जियहो (jiyaho) or जियसु (jiyasu) or जियस्सु (jiyassu) जियहं (jiyahaṃ)
Ablative जियहे (jiyahe) or जियहु (jiyahu) जियहुं (jiyahuṃ)
Genitive जियहो (jiyaho) or जियसु (jiyasu) or जियस्सु (jiyassu) जियहं (jiyahaṃ) or जियाणं (jiyāṇaṃ) or जियाण (jiyāṇa)
Locative जियि (jiyi) or जिये (jiye) जियहिं (jiyahiṃ)
Vocative जिय (jiya) जियहो (jiyaho)

Descendants

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  • Hindustani: -jī
    Hindi: -जी
    Urdu: ـجی

References

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  • Yuji Kawaguchi, Makoto Minegishi, Wolfgang Viereck (2011) Corpus-based Analysis and Diachronic Linguistics (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 231