جیجا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀚𑀻𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*jījja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒäː/, [d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒˑäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: جی‧جا

Noun

جِیجا • (jījā) m (female equivalent جِیجی, Gurmukhi spelling ਜੀਜਾ)

1. brother-in-law; sister's husband

   Synonym: بَھݨْوَئیا (bhaṇvaīā)

2. bridegroom

Declension

Declension of جیجا

	singular	plural
direct	جِیجا (jījā)	جِیجے (jīje)
oblique	جِیجے (jīje)	جِیجیاں (jījeyāṉ)
vocative	جِیجیا (jījeyā)	جِیجیو (jījeyo)
ablative	جِیجیوں (jījeyoṉ)	—
locative	جِیجے (jīje)	جِیجِیں (jījīṉ)
instrumental	جِیجے (jīje)	جِیجِیں (jījīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جِیجا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਜੀਜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jījja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press