जा

Bodo (India)

Verb

जा (ja) (Latin script ja)

1. to eat
2. to have a meal

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Hindi

Verb

1. Template:hi-form-verb
2. Template:hi-form-verb

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জা (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
• জা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇာ (Burmese script)
• જા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಾ (Kannada script)
• ជា (Khmer script)
• ຊາ (Lao script)
• ജാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜா (Tamil script)
• జా (Telugu script)
• ชา (Thai script)
• ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵń̥h₁s, from *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː/

Noun

जा • (jā́) m or f

1. offspring
2. (in plural) descendants

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of जा (jā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः jā́ḥ
Vocative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः jā́ḥ
Accusative	जाम् jā́m	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः / जः² jā́ḥ / jáḥ²
Instrumental	जा jā́	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभिः jā́bhiḥ
Dative	जे jé	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जः jáḥ	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जः jáḥ	जोः jóḥ	जानाम् / जाम्² jā́nām / jā́m²
Locative	जि jí	जोः jóḥ	जासु jā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Perhaps

Feminine ā-stem declension of जा (jā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः jā́ḥ
Vocative	जाः jā́ḥ	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः jā́ḥ
Accusative	जाम् jā́m	जौ / जा¹ jaú / jā́¹	जाः / जः² jā́ḥ / jáḥ²
Instrumental	जा jā́	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभिः jā́bhiḥ
Dative	जे jé	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जः jáḥ	जाभ्याम् jā́bhyām	जाभ्यः jā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जः jáḥ	जोः jóḥ	जानाम् / जाम्² jā́nām / jā́m²
Locative	जि jí	जोः jóḥ	जासु jā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Perhaps

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 416.