جا

See also: خا and چا

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑaː]

Pronoun

جا (jaa)

1. I; first-person singular pronoun

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “jaa”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

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Egyptian Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
2 terms

Verb

جا • (gā) I (non-past ييجي (yīgi))

1. Alternative form of جه (gih)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː/, [d͡ʒaː], [ʒaː]

Verb

جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yiji))

1. to come
2. to arrive

   Synonym: وَصَل (waṣal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا (jā)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت (jīt)	جيت (jīt)	جا (jā)		جينا (jīna)	جيتوا (jītu)	جوا (jō)
	f		جيتي (jīti)	جات (jāt)
non-past	m	أجي (aji)	تجي (tiji)	يجي (yiji)		نجي (niji)	تجوا (tiju)	يجوا (yiju)
	f		تجي (tiji)	تجي (tiji)
imperative	m		تعال (taʿāl)				تعالوا (taʿālu)
	f		تعالي (taʿāli)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaː/

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Verb

جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yji) or ييجي (yīji))

1. to come

   جيتي انت وياه لعندنا.

   jīti nta w-iyyāh l-ʕandna

   You and he came to us.

2. to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image) [+ مع (object)]

   جا معاك هاد السروال.

   ja mʕāk hād es-sirwāl

   Those pants suit you.

3. to arrive

   Synonym: وصل (wṣal)

4. (in the past tense) to be located

   فين جات مصر؟

   fīn jāt miṣr

   Where is Egypt located?

5. (in the present tense) to be related to someone

   واش كتجيك ديك البنت؟

   wāš katjīk dīk el-bint?

   Is that girl related to you?

   كنجيه شي حاجة.

   kanjīh ši ḥāja.

   I am related to him somehow

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت (jīt)	جيتي (jīti)	جا (ja)		جينا (jīna)	جيتوا (jītu)	جاوا (jāw)
	f			جات (jāt)
non-past	m	نجي (nji)	تجي (tji)	يجي (yīji)		نجيوا (njīw)	تجيوا (tjīw)	يجيوا (yijīw)
	f		تجي (tji)	تجي (tji)
imperative	m		آجي (ʔāji)				آجيوا (ʔājīw)
	f		آجي (ʔāji)

Persian

Alternative forms

• جای (jây)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg, “place”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː(j)]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː(j)]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ(j)]

Readings
Classical reading?	jā(y)
Dari reading?	jā(y)
Iranian reading?	jâ(y)
Tajik reading?	jo(y)

Noun

جا • (jâ)

1. place
2. space
3. location
4. seat
5. (dialectal) bed, mattress, bedding

   جاتو جمع کن. ― jâto jam kon. ― Remove your mattress(blanket, bedsheet, etc).

Derived terms

• آنجا (ânjâ)
• اینجا (injâ)
• بیجا (bêjâ)
• جابجا (jâbejâ)
• کجا (kojâ)

 

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “jʾy”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page gyʾg