जय

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जै (jai)

Etymology

From Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəj/, [d͡ʒɐj]

Noun

जय • (jay) f

1. victory, triumph

   Synonym: जीत (jīt)

Interjection

जय • (jay)

1. hail, glory, long live; victory to

   जय राम! ― jay rām! ― Hail Rāma!

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

See also

• जय हो (jay ho)
• ज़िन्दाबाद (zindābād)

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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)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).

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)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जय • (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. or
4. a yellow variety of ( <= )
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 जय (jayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जयः jayáḥ	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	जय jáya	जयौ / जया¹ jáyau / jáyā¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जयम् jayám	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयान् jayā́n
Instrumental	जयेन jayéna	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयैः / जयेभिः¹ jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative	जयाय jayā́ya	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Ablative	जयात् jayā́t	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Genitive	जयस्य jayásya	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयानाम् jayā́nām
Locative	जये jayé	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयेषु jayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• जयन्ति (jayanti)

Descendants

• Bengali: জয় (joẏ)
• English: Jaya
• Hindi: जय (jay)
• Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
• Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
• Khmer: ជ័យ (cɨy), ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
• Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
• Malay: jaya
  • Indonesian: jaya
• Pali: jaya
• Thai: ชัย (chai), ชโย (chayo) ไชโย (chaiyo)

Adjective

जय • (jayá)

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

Compounds

• ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
• कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
• धनंजय (dhánaṃ-jayá)
• 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.