gaja
English edit
Etymology edit
Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaja (plural gajas)
- (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
- (chaturanga) A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
- (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
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Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From English gay, French gai, Italian gaio. Doublet of geja.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gaja (accusative singular gajan, plural gajaj, accusative plural gajajn)
Derived terms edit
- gajega (“jolly; jovial”)
Descendants edit
- Ido: gaya
Ledo Kaili edit
Etymology edit
From Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun edit
gaja
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).
Noun edit
gaja
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "gaja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀕𑀚 (gaja), 𑀕𑀬 (gaya).
Noun edit
gaja m
Declension edit
Declension table of "gaja" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | gajo | gajā |
Accusative (second) | gajaṃ | gaje |
Instrumental (third) | gajena | gajehi or gajebhi |
Dative (fourth) | gajassa or gajāya or gajatthaṃ | gajānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | gajasmā or gajamhā or gajā | gajehi or gajebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | gajassa | gajānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | gajasmiṃ or gajamhi or gaje | gajesu |
Vocative (calling) | gaja | gajā |
Descendants edit
- Khmer: គជ (kĕəʼcĕəʼ)
References edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gaja”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead, page 240
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaja f (plural gajas)
- female equivalent of gajo
- (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) girl
- 2015, dB + PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:
- Tu és a minha gaja
És a minha gaja
Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja- You're my girl
You're my girl
Without any shadow of a doubt there is
- You're my girl
Soninke edit
Verb edit
gaja
- to fight
Related terms edit
gajanŋaana (warrior)