जय

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, victory).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəj/, , /d͡ʒɛː/

Noun

जय (jayf

  1. victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)

Declension

Interjection

जय (jay) (Urdu spelling جے)

  1. hail, glory, long live; victory to
    जय श्री राम!jay śrī rām!Hail Lord Rāma!
    जय हिन्द!jay hind!Victory to India!
    जय भीम!jay bhīm!Long Live Bhim!

See also

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya).

Pronunciation

Noun

जय (jaym

  1. victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt)
    Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
जय
jay
direct
plural
जय
jay
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
जय
jay
जय
jay
oblique
सामान्यरूप
जया
jayā
जयां-
jayān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
जयाला
jayālā
जयांना
jayānnā
ergative जयाने, जयानं
jayāne, jayāna
जयांनी
jayānnī
instrumental जयाशी
jayāśī
जयांशी
jayānśī
locative
सप्तमी
जयात
jayāt
जयांत
jayāt
vocative
संबोधन
जया
jayā
जयांनो
jayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
जयाचा
jayāċā
जयाचे
jayāċe
जयाची
jayācī
जयाच्या
jayācā
जयाचे, जयाचं
jayāċe, jayāċa
जयाची
jayācī
जयाच्या
jayācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
जयांचा
jayānċā
जयांचे
jayānċe
जयांची
jayāñcī
जयांच्या
jayāncā
जयांचे, जयांचं
jayānċe, jayānċa
जयांची
jayāñcī
जयांच्या
jayāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

जय (jaym

  1. a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

जय m

  1. Devanagari script form of jaya

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root जि (ji, to win), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (to win, conquer). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).

Pronunciation

Noun

जय (jayá) stemm

  1. conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
  2. (in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
  3. Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
  4. a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
  5. name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
  6. (music) a kind of flute
  7. (music) a kind of measure
  8. the sun
  9. Arjuna
  10. Indra
  11. name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
  12. name of a spirit
  13. name of an attendant of Vishnu
  14. name of a Nāga
  15. name of a Danava
  16. name of a son
  17. name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
  18. name of a Pandava hero
  19. name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
  20. name of Aśoka in a former birth
  21. name of a carpenter
  22. Terminalia chebula
  23. नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
  24. for जपा (japā)
  25. name of a narcotic substance
  26. the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
  27. one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
  28. name of the saurā dharmāḥ
  29. name of Durga
  30. name of a daughter of Dakṣa
  31. name of yoginī
  32. name of Śakti
  33. name of a handmaid of Durga
  34. name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
  35. of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जयः
jayáḥ
जयौ / जया¹
jayaú / jayā́¹
जयाः / जयासः¹
jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative जय
jáya
जयौ / जया¹
jáyau / jáyā¹
जयाः / जयासः¹
jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative जयम्
jayám
जयौ / जया¹
jayaú / jayā́¹
जयान्
jayā́n
Instrumental जयेन
jayéna
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयैः / जयेभिः¹
jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative जयाय
jayā́ya
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Ablative जयात्
jayā́t
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Genitive जयस्य
jayásya
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयानाम्
jayā́nām
Locative जये
jayé
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयेषु
jayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Adjective

जय (jayá) stem

  1. (at the end of a compound) conquering, winning

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जयः
jayáḥ
जयौ / जया¹
jayaú / jayā́¹
जयाः / जयासः¹
jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative जय
jáya
जयौ / जया¹
jáyau / jáyā¹
जयाः / जयासः¹
jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative जयम्
jayám
जयौ / जया¹
jayaú / jayā́¹
जयान्
jayā́n
Instrumental जयेन
jayéna
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयैः / जयेभिः¹
jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative जयाय
jayā́ya
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Ablative जयात्
jayā́t
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Genitive जयस्य
jayásya
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयानाम्
jayā́nām
Locative जये
jayé
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयेषु
jayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of जया (jayā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जया
jayā́
जये
jayé
जयाः
jayā́ḥ
Vocative जये
jáye
जये
jáye
जयाः
jáyāḥ
Accusative जयाम्
jayā́m
जये
jayé
जयाः
jayā́ḥ
Instrumental जयया / जया¹
jayáyā / jayā́¹
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयाभिः
jayā́bhiḥ
Dative जयायै
jayā́yai
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयाभ्यः
jayā́bhyaḥ
Ablative जयायाः / जयायै²
jayā́yāḥ / jayā́yai²
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयाभ्यः
jayā́bhyaḥ
Genitive जयायाः / जयायै²
jayā́yāḥ / jayā́yai²
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयानाम्
jayā́nām
Locative जयायाम्
jayā́yām
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयासु
jayā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Feminine ī-stem declension of जयी (jayī́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जयी
jayī́
जय्यौ / जयी¹
jayyaù / jayī́¹
जय्यः / जयीः¹
jayyàḥ / jayī́ḥ¹
Vocative जयि
jáyi
जय्यौ / जयी¹
jáyyau / jáyī¹
जय्यः / जयीः¹
jáyyaḥ / jáyīḥ¹
Accusative जयीम्
jayī́m
जय्यौ / जयी¹
jayyaù / jayī́¹
जयीः
jayī́ḥ
Instrumental जय्या
jayyā́
जयीभ्याम्
jayī́bhyām
जयीभिः
jayī́bhiḥ
Dative जय्यै
jayyaí
जयीभ्याम्
jayī́bhyām
जयीभ्यः
jayī́bhyaḥ
Ablative जय्याः / जय्यै²
jayyā́ḥ / jayyaí²
जयीभ्याम्
jayī́bhyām
जयीभ्यः
jayī́bhyaḥ
Genitive जय्याः / जय्यै²
jayyā́ḥ / jayyaí²
जय्योः
jayyóḥ
जयीनाम्
jayī́nām
Locative जय्याम्
jayyā́m
जय्योः
jayyóḥ
जयीषु
jayī́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जयम्
jayám
जये
jayé
जयानि / जया¹
jayā́ni / jayā́¹
Vocative जय
jáya
जये
jáye
जयानि / जया¹
jáyāni / jáyā¹
Accusative जयम्
jayám
जये
jayé
जयानि / जया¹
jayā́ni / jayā́¹
Instrumental जयेन
jayéna
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयैः / जयेभिः¹
jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative जयाय
jayā́ya
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Ablative जयात्
jayā́t
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Genitive जयस्य
jayásya
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयानाम्
jayā́nām
Locative जये
jayé
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयेषु
jayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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