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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh), جاگه (jāgah), from جا (jā), جای (jāy, “place”) + گاه (-gāh, “location suffix”). Cognate with Assamese জেগা (zega), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Marathi जागा (jāgā), Nepali जग्गा (jaggā), Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh), Odia ଜାଗା (jaga), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā).
The shortening of the vowels may be due to influence from जगत् (jagat, “world”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, , /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/,
Noun
जगह • (jagah) f (Urdu spelling جگہ)
- place, site
- Synonym: स्थान (sthān)
- हम कौनसी जगह आ गये? ― ham kaunsī jagah ā gaye? ― Where have we come? (literally, “What place have we come to?”)
- space, room, space
मेट्रो में कभी बैठने की जगह नहीं मिलती।- meṭro mẽ kabhī baiṭhne kī jagah nahī̃ miltī.
- One can never find a space to sit in the metro.
- जगह छोड़ना ― jagah choṛnā ― to leave room
- vacancy (e.g. for a job)
Declension
Declension of जगह (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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जगह
jagah
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जगहें
jagahẽ
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| oblique
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जगह
jagah
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जगहों
jagahõ
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| vocative
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जगह
jagah
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जगहो
jagaho
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Burton-Page, J (1960) “The Etymology of Hindi 'Jagah': A Problem in Diffusion”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 20, number 1/4, pages 288–290