जय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəj/, [d͡ʒɐj], /d͡ʒɛː/

Noun

जय • (jay) f (Urdu spelling جے)

1. victory, triumph

   Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)

Proper noun

जय • (jay) m (Urdu spelling جے)

1. a male given name, Jai or Jay, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of जय (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जय jay	जयें jayẽ
oblique	जय jay	जयों jayõ
vocative	जय jay	जयो jayo

Interjection

जय • (jay) (Urdu spelling جے)

1. hail, glory, long live; victory to

   जय श्री राम! ― jay śrī rām! ― Hail Lord Rāma!

   जय हिन्द! ― jay hind! ― Victory to India!

See also

• जय श्री राम (jay śrī rām)
• जय हो (jay ho)
• ज़िन्दाबाद (zindābād)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑəj/

Noun

जय • (jay) m

1. victory, triumph

   Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt)

   Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	जय jay
direct plural	जय jay
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	जय jay		जय jay
oblique सामान्यरूप	जया jayā		जयां- jayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	जयाला jayālā		जयांना jayānnā
ergative	जयाने, जयानं jayāne, jayāna		जयांनी jayānnī
instrumental	जयाशी jayāśī		जयांशी jayānśī
locative सप्तमी	जयात jayāt		जयांत jayāt
vocative संबोधन	जया jayā		जयांनो jayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	जयाचा jayāċā	जयाचे jayāċe	जयाची jayācī	जयाच्या jayācā	जयाचे, जयाचं jayāċe, jayāċa	जयाची jayācī	जयाच्या jayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	जयांचा jayānċā	जयांचे jayānċe	जयांची jayāñcī	जयांच्या jayāncā	जयांचे, जयांचं jayānċe, jayānċa	जयांची jayāñcī	जयांच्या jayāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

जय • (jay) m

1. a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jaya (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• জয (Bengali script)
• ජය (Sinhalese script)
• ဇယ or ၹယ (Burmese script)
• ชย or ชะยะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊຍ or ຊະຍະ or ຊະຢະ (Lao script)
• ជយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

जय m

1. Devanagari script form of jaya

Declension

Declension table of "जय" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जयो (jayo)	जया (jayā)
Accusative (second)	जयं (jayaṃ)	जये (jaye)
Instrumental (third)	जयेन (jayena)	जयेहि (jayehi) or जयेभि (jayebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जयस्स (jayassa) or जयाय (jayāya) or जयत्थं (jayatthaṃ)	जयानं (jayānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जयस्मा (jayasmā) or जयम्हा (jayamhā) or जया (jayā)	जयेहि (jayehi) or जयेभि (jayebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जयस्स (jayassa)	जयानं (jayānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जयस्मिं (jayasmiṃ) or जयम्हि (jayamhi) or जये (jaye)	जयेसु (jayesu)
Vocative (calling)	जय (jaya)	जया (jayā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জয় (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
• জয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဇယ (Burmese script)
• જય (Gujarati script)
• ਜਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಯ (Kannada script)
• ជយ (Khmer script)
• ຊຍ (Lao script)
• ജയ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଜଯ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ජය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஜய (Tamil script)
• జయ (Telugu script)
• ชย (Thai script)
• ཛ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जि (ji, “to win”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

Noun

ज॒य • (jayá) stem, m

1. conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
2. (in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
3. Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
4. a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
5. name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
6. (music) a kind of flute
7. (music) a kind of measure
8. the sun
9. Arjuna
10. Indra
11. name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
12. name of a spirit
13. name of an attendant of Vishnu
14. name of a Nāga
15. name of a Danava
16. name of a son
17. name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
18. name of a Pandava hero
19. name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
20. name of Aśoka in a former birth
21. name of a carpenter
22. Terminalia chebula
23. नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
24. for जपा (japā)
25. name of a narcotic substance
26. the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
27. one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
28. name of the saurā dharmāḥ
29. name of Durga
30. name of a daughter of Dakṣa
31. name of yoginī
32. name of Śakti
33. name of a handmaid of Durga
34. name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
35. of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज॒य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒यः (jayáḥ)	ज॒यौ (jayáu) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)	ज॒याः (jayā́ḥ) ज॒यासः॑¹ (jayā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ज॒यम् (jayám)	ज॒यौ (jayáu) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)	ज॒यान् (jayā́n)
instrumental	ज॒येन॑ (jayéna)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒यैः (jayáiḥ) ज॒येभिः॑¹ (jayébhiḥ¹)
dative	ज॒याय॑ (jayā́ya)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒यात् (jayā́t)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒यस्य॑ (jayásya)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒याना॑म् (jayā́nām)
locative	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒येषु॑ (jayéṣu)
vocative	जय॑ (jáya)	जयौ॑ (jáyau) जया॑¹ (jáyā¹)	जयाः॑ (jáyāḥ) जया॑सः¹ (jáyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• जयति (jayati)

Descendants

Descendants

• Bengali: জয় (joẏ)
• → Chinese: 闍耶 / 阇耶
• → English: Jaya
• Gujarati: જાય (jāya)
• → Hindi: जय (jay)
• → Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
• → Khmer: ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
• → Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
• → Lü: ᦺᦋ (tsay)
• → Madurese: jhâjâ
• → Malay: jaya
  • Indonesian: jaya
• → Malayalam: ജയാ (jayā)
• Marathi: जय (jay)
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic script: зая (zaja)

  Mongolian script: ᠵᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (ǰay-a)

• Nepali: जय (jaya)
• Odia: ଜୟ (jaya)
• → Old Javanese: jaya
  • Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
  • → Balinese: ᬚᬬ (jaya)
• Pali: jaya
  • → Khmer: ជ័យ (cɨy)
  • → Burmese: ဇေယျ (jeyya.)
  • → Mon: ဇၞး
  • → Thai: ชัย (chai), ชโย (chayo) ไชโย (chaiyo)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜੈ (jai)

  Shahmukhi script: جے (jay)

• Tamil: → ஜெயம் (jeyam), ⇒ ஜெயி (jeyi)
• → Telugu: జయ (jaya), జయము (jayamu)

Adjective

ज॒य • (jayá) stem

1. (at the end of a compound) conquering, winning

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज॒य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒यः (jayáḥ)	ज॒यौ (jayáu) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)	ज॒याः (jayā́ḥ) ज॒यासः॑¹ (jayā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ज॒यम् (jayám)	ज॒यौ (jayáu) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)	ज॒यान् (jayā́n)
instrumental	ज॒येन॑ (jayéna)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒यैः (jayáiḥ) ज॒येभिः॑¹ (jayébhiḥ¹)
dative	ज॒याय॑ (jayā́ya)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒यात् (jayā́t)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒यस्य॑ (jayásya)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒याना॑म् (jayā́nām)
locative	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒येषु॑ (jayéṣu)
vocative	जय॑ (jáya)	जयौ॑ (jáyau) जया॑¹ (jáyā¹)	जयाः॑ (jáyāḥ) जया॑सः¹ (jáyāsaḥ¹)

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Feminine ā-stem declension of ज॒या

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒या (jayā́)	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒याः (jayā́ḥ)
accusative	ज॒याम् (jayā́m)	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒याः (jayā́ḥ)
instrumental	ज॒यया॑ (jayáyā) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒याभिः॑ (jayā́bhiḥ)
dative	ज॒यायै॑ (jayā́yai)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒याभ्यः॑ (jayā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒यायाः॑ (jayā́yāḥ) ज॒यायै॑² (jayā́yai²)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒याभ्यः॑ (jayā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒यायाः॑ (jayā́yāḥ) ज॒यायै॑² (jayā́yai²)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒याना॑म् (jayā́nām)
locative	ज॒याया॑म् (jayā́yām)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒यासु॑ (jayā́su)
vocative	जये॑ (jáye)	जये॑ (jáye)	जयाः॑ (jáyāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Feminine ī-stem declension of ज॒यी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒यी (jayī́)	ज॒य्यौ॑ (jayyàu) ज॒यी¹ (jayī́¹)	ज॒य्यः॑ (jayyàḥ) ज॒यीः¹ (jayī́ḥ¹)
accusative	ज॒यीम् (jayī́m)	ज॒य्यौ॑ (jayyàu) ज॒यी¹ (jayī́¹)	ज॒यीः (jayī́ḥ)
instrumental	ज॒य्या (jayyā́)	ज॒यीभ्या॑म् (jayī́bhyām)	ज॒यीभिः॑ (jayī́bhiḥ)
dative	ज॒य्यै (jayyái)	ज॒यीभ्या॑म् (jayī́bhyām)	ज॒यीभ्यः॑ (jayī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒य्याः (jayyā́ḥ) ज॒य्यै² (jayyái²)	ज॒यीभ्या॑म् (jayī́bhyām)	ज॒यीभ्यः॑ (jayī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒य्याः (jayyā́ḥ) ज॒य्यै² (jayyái²)	ज॒य्योः (jayyóḥ)	ज॒यीना॑म् (jayī́nām)
locative	ज॒य्याम् (jayyā́m)	ज॒य्योः (jayyóḥ)	ज॒यीषु॑ (jayī́ṣu)
vocative	जयि॑ (jáyi)	जय्यौ॑ (jáyyau) जयी॑¹ (jáyī¹)	जय्यः॑ (jáyyaḥ) जयीः॑¹ (jáyīḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of ज॒य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒यम् (jayám)	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒यानि॑ (jayā́ni) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)
accusative	ज॒यम् (jayám)	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒यानि॑ (jayā́ni) ज॒या¹ (jayā́¹)
instrumental	ज॒येन॑ (jayéna)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒यैः (jayáiḥ) ज॒येभिः॑¹ (jayébhiḥ¹)
dative	ज॒याय॑ (jayā́ya)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒यात् (jayā́t)	ज॒याभ्या॑म् (jayā́bhyām)	ज॒येभ्यः॑ (jayébhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒यस्य॑ (jayásya)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒याना॑म् (jayā́nām)
locative	ज॒ये (jayé)	ज॒ययोः॑ (jayáyoḥ)	ज॒येषु॑ (jayéṣu)
vocative	जय॑ (jáya)	जये॑ (jáye)	जया॑नि (jáyāni) जया॑¹ (jáyā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
• कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
• धनंजय (dhánaṃjayá)
• पुरंजय (puraṃ-jaya)
• मृत्युंजय (mṛtyúṃ-jaya)
• शल्रुंजय (śalruṃ-jaya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0412/3.