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Gojri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh).
Noun
جَگَہْ (jagah) f
- place
- room
- vacancy
- locality
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 163.
- Javaid Rahi (2015) “جگہ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 370, column 2.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh). جاگه (jâgah), from جا (jâ), جای (jây, “place”) + ـگاه (-gâh, “location suffix”). Compare Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh). Cognate with Marathi जागा (jāgā), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Assamese জেগা (zega).
Pronunciation
Noun
جَگَہْ or جَگَہ • (jagah or jaga) f (Hindi spelling जगह)
- place, site
- space, room
- post
- station
- vacancy (e.g. for a job)
Declension
| Declension of جگہ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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جَگَہ (jagah)
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جَگَہیں (jagahẽ)
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| oblique
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جَگَہ (jagah)
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جَگَہوں (jagahõ)
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| vocative
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جَگَہ (jagah)
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جَگَہو (jagaho)
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Derived terms
- جَگَہ جَگَہ (jagah jagah, “here and there, everywhere”)
Descendants
Further reading
- “جگہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جگہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 230
- “جگہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.