गज

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See also: गांजा, गाँजा, and गजः

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡəd͡ʒ/,

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: हाथी (hāthī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian گز (gaz).

Noun

गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)

  1. Alternative spelling of गज़ (gaz): gudge: a historic unit of length equivalent to sixteen girah, redefined under British occupation as exactly equal to a yard
Declension
Declension of गज (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गज
gaj 		गज
gaj
oblique गज
gaj 		गजों
gajõ
vocative गज
gaj 		गजो
gajo

References

Marwari

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

गज (gaj) m

  1. elephant

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 80

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

गज • (gaja) m

  1. elephant

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

गज m

  1. Devanagari script form of gaja (“elephant”)

Declension

Declension table of "गज" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)गजो (gajo)गजा (gajā)
Accusative (second)गजं (gajaṃ)गजे (gaje)
Instrumental (third)गजेन (gajena)गजेहि (gajehi) or गजेभि (gajebhi)
Dative (fourth)गजस्स (gajassa) or गजाय (gajāya) or गजत्थं (gajatthaṃ)गजानं (gajānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)गजस्मा (gajasmā) or गजम्हा (gajamhā) or गजा (gajā)गजेहि (gajehi) or गजेभि (gajebhi)
Genitive (sixth)गजस्स (gajassa)गजानं (gajānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)गजस्मिं (gajasmiṃ) or गजम्हि (gajamhi) or गजे (gaje)गजेसु (gajesu)
Vocative (calling)गज (gaja)गजा (gajā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain, possibly substrate, origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

गज • (gaja) stem, m

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: हस्तिन् (hastin), नाग (nāga), कुञ्जर (kuñjara)
  2. (chaturanga) gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess
    1. (chess) bishop

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गज (gaja)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गजः
gajaḥ 		गजौ / गजा¹
gajau / gajā¹ 		गजाः / गजासः¹
gajāḥ / gajāsaḥ¹
Vocative गज
gaja 		गजौ / गजा¹
gajau / gajā¹ 		गजाः / गजासः¹
gajāḥ / gajāsaḥ¹
Accusative गजम्
gajam 		गजौ / गजा¹
gajau / gajā¹ 		गजान्
gajān
Instrumental गजेन
gajena 		गजाभ्याम्
gajābhyām 		गजैः / गजेभिः¹
gajaiḥ / gajebhiḥ¹
Dative गजाय
gajāya 		गजाभ्याम्
gajābhyām 		गजेभ्यः
gajebhyaḥ
Ablative गजात्
gajāt 		गजाभ्याम्
gajābhyām 		गजेभ्यः
gajebhyaḥ
Genitive गजस्य
gajasya 		गजयोः
gajayoḥ 		गजानाम्
gajānām
Locative गजे
gaje 		गजयोः
gajayoḥ 		गजेषु
gajeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “gaja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gaja- - ganá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 458
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