جا

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See also: خا and چا

Burushaski

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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جا (jaa)

  1. I; first-person singular pronoun

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

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Root
ج ي ي
2 terms

Verb

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جا () I (non-past ييجي (yīgi))

  1. Alternative form of جه (gih)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ج ي ي
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː/, [d͡ʒaː], [ʒaː]

Verb

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جا () I (non-past يجي (yiji))

  1. to come
  2. to arrive
    Synonym: وَصَل (waṣal)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of جا ()
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جيت (jīt) جيت (jīt) جا () جينا (jīna) جيتوا (jītu) جوا ()
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

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Root
ج ي ي
5 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒaː/
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Verb

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

  1. to come
    جيتي انت وياه لعندنا.jīti nta w-iyyāh l-ʕandnaYou and he came to us.
  2. to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image) [with مع]
    جا معاك هاد السروال.ja mʕāk hād es-sirwālThose pants suit you.
  3. to arrive
    Synonym: وصل (wṣal)
  4. (in the past tense) to be located
    فين جات مصر؟fīn jāt miṣrWhere 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

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    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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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جا ()

  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

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References

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