جیجا
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Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀚𑀻𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*jījja).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒäː/, [d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒˑäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: جی‧جا
Noun[edit]
جِیجا • (jījā) m (feminine جِیجی, Gurmukhi spelling ਜੀਜਾ)
- brother-in-law; sister's husband
- Synonym: بَھݨْوَئیا (bhaṇvaīā)
- bridegroom
Declension[edit]
| Declension of جیجا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | جِیجا (jījā) | |
| dir. pl. | جِیجے (jīje) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | جِیجا (jījā) | جِیجے (jīje) |
| oblique | جِیجے (jīje) | جِیجیاں (jījeyāṉ) |
| vocative | جِیجیا (jījeyā) | جِیجیو (jījeyo) |
| ablative | جِیجیوں (jījeyoṉ) | — |
| locative | جِیجے (jīje) | — |
| instrumental | جِیجے (jīje) | — |
Further reading[edit]
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِیجا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਜੀਜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jījja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː/2 syllables
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns with other-gender equivalents
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi nouns with declension
- pa:Male family members
- pa:Marriage
- pa:Male people