जगह

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh), جاگه (jāgah), from جا (jā), جای (jāy, “place”) + ـگاه (-gāh, “location suffix”). Cognate with Assamese জেগা (zega), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Marathi जागा (jāgā), Nepali जग्गा (jaggā), Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh), Odia ଜାଗା (jāgā), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā).

The shortening of the vowels may be due to influence from जगत् (jagat, “world”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, , /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/,

Noun

जगह • (jagah) f (Urdu spelling جگہ)

  1. place, site
    Synonym: स्थान (sthān)
    हम कौनसी जगह आ गये?
    ham kaunsī jagah ā gaye?
    Where have we come?
    (literally, “What place have we come to?”)
  2. space, room, space
    मेट्रो में कभी बैठने की जगह नहीं मिलती।
    meṭro mẽ kabhī baiṭhne kī jagah nahī̃ miltī.
    One can never find a space to sit in the metro.
    जगह छोड़ना ― jagah choṛnā ― to leave room
  3. vacancy (e.g. for a job)

Declension

Declension of जगह (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जगह
jagah 		जगहें
jagahẽ
oblique जगह
jagah 		जगहों
jagahõ
vocative जगह
jagah 		जगहो
jagaho

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Burton-Page, J (1960) “The Etymology of Hindi 'Jagah': A Problem in Diffusion”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute‎, volume 20, number 1/4, pages 288–290
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