gajah

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Acehnese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

gajah

  1. elephant (mammal)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja) (compare Malay gajah).

Pronunciation

Noun

gajah

  1. elephant

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay gajah, from Classical Malay gajah (“elephant”), from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/,
  • Hyphenation: ga‧jah

Noun

gajah (first-person possessive gajahku, second-person possessive gajahmu, third-person possessive gajahnya)

  1. elephant (mammal)
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (figurative) big-sized objects

Synonyms

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
raja menteri, patih, ratu, ster benteng gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur kuda bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gajah

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦗꦃ

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

Noun

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Partially displaced liman.

Pronunciation

Noun

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah, informal 1st possessive gajahku, 2nd possessive gajahmu, 3rd possessive gajahnya)

  1. elephant (mammal)
  2. (chess) bishop
    Gajah mempunyai kulit yang tebal.
    Elephants have thick skin.

Adjective

gajah

  1. giant (used in certain nouns)
    Antonym: padi

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gajah
  • → Bikol Central: gadyâ
  • → Cebuano: gadyâ
  • → Maguindanao: gajah
  • → Tagalog: gadya
  • → Tausug: gadja

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
raja, syah
راج, شاه 		menteri
منتري 		tir, benteng
تير, بينتيڠ 		gajah,
ݢاجه 		kuda,
کودا 		bidak, piadak, pion
بيدق, ڤيادق, ڤيون

References

  • Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎, Brill, 2023, →ISBN, page 39
  • Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 65-6
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݣاجه gadjah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 98
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢاجه gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 557
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 318

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

gajah

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮏᮂ
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