જે

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati जु (ju), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄 (jo), from Sanskrit यः (yáḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós. The e derived from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).^[1] Cognate with Hindustani جو / जो (jo).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeː/
Rhymes: -eː
Hyphenation: જે

Pronoun

જે • (je)

the relative pronoun:
1. who; whoever
2. whichever
3. whatever

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 601

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