जई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यविय (yáviya), यव्य (yávya, “consisting of grain”), from यव (yáva). Cognate with Bengali জই (joi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.iː/, [d͡ʒɐ.iː]

Noun

जई • (jaī) f (Urdu spelling جئی)

1. oats

Declension

Declension of जई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जई jaī	जइयाँ jaiyā̃
oblique	जई jaī	जइयों jaiyõ
vocative	जई jaī	जइयो jaiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáviya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press