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Numeral
जि (ji) (Latin script ji)
- ten
Newar
Pronunciation
Pronoun
जि • (ji) (Newa Spelling 𑐖𑐶)
- I
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জি (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬶ (Balinese script)
- জি (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဇိ (Burmese script)
- જિ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಿ (Kannada script)
- ជិ (Khmer script)
- ຊິ (Lao script)
- ജി (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଜି (Odia script)
- ꢙꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ජි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஜி (Tamil script)
- జి (Telugu script)
- ชิ (Thai script)
- ཛི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”).
Pronunciation
Root
जि • (ji)
- to win, conquer
- to acquire, vanquish, defeat
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- जित (jitá, Past Participle)
- जेतुम् (jétum, Infinitive)
- जेतवे (jétave, Infinitive)
- जिषे (jiṣé, Infinitive)
- जित्वा (jitvā́, Gerund)
- जित्य (jitya, Gerund)
- जेय (jeya, Gerundive)
- जय्य (jáyya, Gerundive)
- जेतव्य (jetavya, Gerundive)
- जिगीषु (jigīṣú, Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
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