जागा

Marathi

Etymology 1

Adjective

1. masculine singular of जागे (j̈āge)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian جایگاه (jâygâh), جاگه (jâgah), from جا (jâ), جای (jây, “place”) + گاه (-gâh, “location suffix”). Compare Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Hindi जगह (jagah), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā) / جگہ (jgh), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Assamese জেগা (zega), Sylheti ꠎꠦꠉꠣ (zega), .

Noun

जागा • (j̈āgā) f

1. place, space
2. seat, position

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जागा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जागा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “जागा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jāˊgrat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press