जि

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Bodo (India)

Numeral

जि (ji) (Latin script ji)

  1. ten

Newar

Pronunciation

Pronoun

जि (ji) (Newa Spelling 𑐖𑐶)

  1. I

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (to win, conquer).

Pronunciation

Root

जि (ji)

  1. to win, conquer
  2. to acquire, vanquish, defeat

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms
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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “जि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0420/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 53
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “जि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 573-4; 589
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “469”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469