جاي

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
3 terms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic جَاءٍ (jāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡajj/

Participle

جاي • (gayy) (feminine جاية (gayya), masculine plural جايين (gayyīn))

1. active participle of جه (gih, “to come”): coming, approaching

Adjective

جاي • (gay) (feminine جاية (gayya), masculine plural جايين (gayyīn))

1. next

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *ganhuzder.

Old Occitan gaibor.

Old French gaibor.

Middle English gay

English gaybor.

Egyptian Arabic جاي

Borrowed from English gay.

Alternative forms

• جي (gē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe(j)/, /ɡe(ː)/

Adjective

جاي • (gē) (masculine plural جايات (geyāt) or جايهات (gehāt))

1. gay, homosexual

   Synonym: شاذ

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic جَاءٍ (jāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa(ː)j/, [d͡ʒaj], [ʒaj]

Participle

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāyya), common plural جايين (jāyyīn))

1. active participle of جا (jā, “to come”): coming, approaching

Adjective

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāyya), common plural جايين (jāyyīn))

1. next

   Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

   الأسبوع الجاي ― al-ʔusbūʕ al-jāy ― next week

Related terms

• جية (jayya, “coming, arrival”)

Iraqi Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic جَاءٍ (jāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːj/, [d͡ʒɑːj]

• Audio:

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Adjective

جاي (jāy) (feminine جَايَة (jāya), masculine plural جَايِين (jāyīn), feminine plural جَايَات (jāyāt))

1. next

   الأسبوع الجاي ― il-ʔusbūʕ il-jāy ― next week

Participle

جاي (jāy) (feminine جَايَة (jāya), masculine plural جَايِين (jāyīn), feminine plural جَايَن (jāyan))

1. active participle of إجى (ʔija)
   1. coming, approaching

Particle

جاي (jāy)

1. (South Mesopotamian Arabic) the continuous particle, used to mark the present continuous tense

   Synonyms: د, قاعد

   هوّ هسّة جاي يصلّح السيارة.

   huwwa hassa jāy yiṣalliḥ is-sayyāra.

   He is fixing the car right now.

   آني جاي آكل. ― ānī jāy ākul. ― I am eating.

Usage notes

• Similar to قاعد (gāʕid) and د (da) it is not inflected for number or gender.

Alternative forms

• جَا (jā)
• جَ (ja)

Malay

Noun

جاي (plural جاي-جاي or جاي٢)

1. Jawi spelling of jaya.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
5 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic جَاءٍ (jāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːj/

Adjective

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāyya), masculine plural جايين (jāyyīn), feminine plural جايات (jāyyāt))

1. next

   Synonym: ماجي (māji)

   Antonym: فايت (fāyit)

   العام الجاي. ― el-ʕām ej-jāy. ― next year.

Participle

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāyya), masculine plural جايين (jāyyīn), feminine plural جايات (jāyyāt))

1. active participle of جا (jā)

   Synonym: ماجي (māji)

   داك الراجل اللي جاي لعندنا هو مول هاد القهوة.

   dāk er-rājil elli jāy l-ʕandna huwwa mūl hād el-qahwa.

   That guy who is approaching towards us is the owner of this café.

   داك السروال جاي معاك. ― dāk es-sarwāl jāy mʕāk. ― Those pants looks good on you.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ي ي
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic جَاءٍ (jāʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːj/, [ʒæːj], [d͡ʒæːj]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Participle

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāye), common plural جايين (jāyīn))

1. active participle of إجا (ʔija, “to come”): coming, approaching

Adjective

جاي • (jāy) (feminine جاية (jāye), common plural جايين (jāyīn))

1. next

   Antonym: ماضي (māḍi)

   الأسبوع الجاي ― il-ʔusbūʕ il-jāy ― next week

Usage notes

• The masculine form جاي (jāy) can be used for both masculine and feminine, while the usage of the feminine form جاية (jāye) is optional.

Related terms

• جينة (jēne, “coming, arrival”)

Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جای.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑj/

Noun

جاي • (jay) (plural جايلار (jaylar))

1. place

   Synonym: ئورۇن (orun)

   بىزنىڭ شىنجاڭ ياخشى جاي ― bizning shinjang yaxshi jay ― Our Xinjiang is a great place