जैसा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Hindi जैसा (jaisā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀇𑀲 (jaïsa), from Sanskrit यादृश (yādṛśa). Cognate to Punjabi ਜਿਹਾ (jihā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛː.sɑː/, [d͡ʒɛː.säː]

Determiner[edit]

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا) (relative)

  1. of such a sort as

Postposition[edit]

जैसा (jaisā)

  1. like, similar to
    उन जैसी औरतेंun jaisī aurtẽwomen like them

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. so, just as

Conjunction[edit]

जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. as
    Synonym: जैसे कि (jaise ki)

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References[edit]

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 304
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yādrśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press