जैसा

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi जैसा (jaisā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀇𑀲 (jaïsa), from Sanskrit यादृश (yādṛśa). Cognate to Punjabi ਜਿਹਾ (jihā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛː.sɑː/,

Determiner

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا) (relative)

  1. of such a sort as

Postposition

जैसा (jaisā)

  1. like, similar to
    उन जैसी औरतेंun jaisī aurtẽwomen like them

Declension

Adverb

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. so, just as

Conjunction

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. as
    Synonym: जैसे कि (jaise ki)

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References

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 304
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yādrśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press