gaja

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See also: Gaja, gāja, gają, and Gają

English

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Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə

Noun

gaja (plural gajas)

  1. (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
  2. (chaturanga) A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
    1. (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
    Synonyms: elephant, hastin
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Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From English gay, French gai, Italian gaio. Doublet of geja.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaja (accusative singular gajan, plural gajaj, accusative plural gajajn)

  1. gay, merry, glad
    Antonym: malgaja

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ido: gaya

Ledo Kaili

Etymology

From Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

gaja

  1. elephant

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Noun

gaja

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipa, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "gaja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀕𑀚 (gaja), 𑀕𑀬 (gaya).

Noun

gaja m

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: karin, hatthin, nāga, mātaṅga

Declension

Declension table of "gaja" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gajogajā
Accusative (second)gajaṃgaje
Instrumental (third)gajenagajehi or gajebhi
Dative (fourth)gajassa or gajāya or gajatthaṃgajānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gajasmā or gajamhā or gajāgajehi or gajebhi
Genitive (sixth)gajassagajānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gajasmiṃ or gajamhi or gajegajesu
Vocative (calling)gajagajā

Descendants

  • Khmer: គជ (kĕəʼcĕəʼ)

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gaja”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 240
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

gaja f (plural gajas)

  1. female equivalent of gajo
  2. (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) chick, bird, broad, bitch (a woman)
    • 2015, dB + PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:
      Tu és a minha gaja
      És a minha gaja
      Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja
      You're my chick
      You're my chick
      Without any shadow of a doubt there is

Derived terms

Soninke

Verb

gaja

  1. to fight

gajanŋaana (warrior)

References

1. Soninke Lexicon

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