जाया

See also: ज्यौ, ज्या, and जय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জায়া (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬵᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• জায়া (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇာယာ (Burmese script)
• જાયા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦴꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂰𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಾಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ជាយា (Khmer script)
• ຊາຍາ (Lao script)
• ജായാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘰𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧑𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜାଯା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජායා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩛𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚭𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜாயா (Tamil script)
• జాయా (Telugu script)
• ชายา (Thai script)
• ཛཱ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨊𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Exact origin obscure, but ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, produce”) (thus literally “one who begets”) or *ǵemH- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɑː.jɑː/

Noun

जाया • (jāyā́) stem, f

1. a wife

   Synonym: जनि (jáni)

2. (astronomy) the 7th lunar mansion

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जाया (jāyā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जाया jāyā́	जाये jāyé	जायाः jāyā́ḥ
Vocative	जाये jā́ye	जाये jā́ye	जायाः jā́yāḥ
Accusative	जायाम् jāyā́m	जाये jāyé	जायाः jāyā́ḥ
Instrumental	जायया / जाया¹ jāyáyā / jāyā́¹	जायाभ्याम् jāyā́bhyām	जायाभिः jāyā́bhiḥ
Dative	जायायै jāyā́yai	जायाभ्याम् jāyā́bhyām	जायाभ्यः jāyā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जायायाः / जायायै² jāyā́yāḥ / jāyā́yai²	जायाभ्याम् jāyā́bhyām	जायाभ्यः jāyā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जायायाः / जायायै² jāyā́yāḥ / jāyā́yai²	जाययोः jāyáyoḥ	जायानाम् jāyā́nām
Locative	जायायाम् jāyā́yām	जाययोः jāyáyoḥ	जायासु jāyā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”)
• जार (ȷ́ā́ra, ȷ́ārá, “suitor, paramour, lover, intimate companion”)
• जार्य (jāryá, “intimacy; companionship”)
• जामातृ (jā́mātṛ, “son-in-law”)
• जामि (ȷ́āmí, “female relative; daughter-in-law; consanguinity”)

Descendants

• Pali: jāyā
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (jāyā)
  • Gujarati: જાઈ (jāī)
  • Hindustani: jā
    • Hindi: जा
    • Urdu: جا
  • Kumaoni: जै (jai)
• → Thai: ชายา (chaa-yaa, “royal wife”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press