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Burushaski
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
جا (jaa)
- I; first-person singular pronoun
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “jaa”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
Egyptian Arabic
Verb
جا • (gā) I (non-past ييجي (yīgi))
- Alternative form of جه (gih)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).
Pronunciation
Verb
جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yiji))
- to come
- to arrive
- Synonym: وَصَل (waṣal)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of جا (jā)
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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m
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جيت (jīt)
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جيت (jīt)
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جا (jā)
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جينا (jīna)
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جيتوا (jītu)
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جوا (jō)
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جيتي (jīti)
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جات (jāt)
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m
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أجي (aji)
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تجي (tiji)
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يجي (yiji)
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نجي (niji)
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تجوا (tiju)
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يجوا (yiju)
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تجي (tiji)
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تجي (tiji)
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m
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تعال (taʿāl)
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تعالوا (taʿālu)
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تعالي (taʿāli)
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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).
Pronunciation
Verb
جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yji) or ييجي (yīji))
- to come
- جيتي انت وياه لعندنا. ― jīti nta w-iyyāh l-ʕandna ― You and he came to us.
- to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image)
- جا معاك هاد السروال. ― ja mʕāk hād es-sirwāl ― Those pants suit you.
- to arrive
- Synonym: وصل (wṣal)
- (in the past tense) to be located
- فين جات مصر؟ ― fīn jāt miṣr ― Where is Egypt located?
- (in the present tense) to be related to someone
- واش كتجيك ديك البنت؟ ― wāš katjīk dīk el-bint? ― Is that girl related to you?
- كنجيه شي حاجة. ― kanjīh ši ḥāja. ― I am related to him somehow
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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m
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جيت (jīt)
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جيتي (jīti)
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جا (ja)
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جينا (jīna)
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جيتوا (jītu)
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جاوا (jāw)
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جات (jāt)
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نجي (nji)
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تجي (tji)
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يجي (yīji)
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نجيوا (njīw)
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تجيوا (tjīw)
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يجيوا (yijīw)
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تجي (tji)
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تجي (tji)
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m
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آجي (ʔāji)
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آجيوا (ʔājīw)
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آجي (ʔāji)
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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg, “place”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for further information.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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jā(y)
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| Dari reading?
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jā(y)
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| Iranian reading?
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jâ(y)
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| Tajik reading?
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jo(y)
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Noun
جا • (jâ)
- place
- space
- location
- seat
- (dialectal) bed, mattress, bedding
- جاتو جمع کن. ― jâto jam kon. ― Remove your mattress(blanket, bedsheet, etc).
Derived terms
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “jʾy”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page gyʾg