جے

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi جے (je), from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/

Conjunction

جے (je)

1. if
2. on condition that

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi جے (je), from Prakrit 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/
• (Gujrat District) IPA^(key): [ʝeː]
• Rhymes: -eː

Conjunction

جے • (je) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇ)

1. if
2. on condition that

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/

Pronoun

جے • (je) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇ) (Majhi)

1. second-person plural present pronominal suffix
2. second-person singular honorific present pronominal suffix

See also

Majhi pronominal suffixes
Person		Present	Past
2nd person	informal / singular	ਈ • ای (ī)	ਸਾਈ • سائی (sāī)
	honorific / plural	ਜੇ • جے (je)	ਸਾਜੇ • ساجے (sāje)
3rd person	informal / singular	ਸੂ • سُو (sū)	ਸਾਸੂ • ساسُو (sāsū)
	honorific / plural	ਨੇ • نے (ne)	ਸਾਨੇ • سانے (sāne)

Verb

جے • (je) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ)

1. (Majhi) alternative form of ہو (ho)

Usage notes

je is used in place of the original second-person present indicative copula ho in some Majhi varieties and is often attributed as a defining feature of Majhi. Compare نے (ne).

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جے”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “جے”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 602

Ushojo

Postposition

جے (jē)

1. of