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Bodo (India)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia.
Noun
गिरजा (girja) (Latin script girja)
- (Christianity) church
Hindi
Etymology
Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō) Old Galician-Portuguese igreja Hindi गिरजा (girjā)
Borrowed from Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia. Doublet of कलीसिया (kalīsiyā). Cognate with Bengali গির্জা (girja), Bodo (India) गिरजा (girja), Gujarati ગિરજા (girjā), Konkani इगर्जे (igarje).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɪɾ.d͡ʒɑː/,
Noun
गिरजा • (girjā) m (Urdu spelling گرجا)
- (Christianity) church
- Synonyms: गिरजाघर (girjāghar), चर्च (carc), कलीसा (kalīsā), कलीसिया (kalīsiyā)
- chapel
Declension
Declension of गिरजा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms