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जैसा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Hindi जैसा (jaisā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀇𑀲 (jaïsa), from Sanskrit यादृश (yādṛśa). Cognate to Punjabi ਜਿਹਾ (jihā).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا) (relative)

  1. of such a sort as

Postposition

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जैसा (jaisā)

  1. like, similar to
    उन जैसी औरतेंun jaisī aurtẽwomen like them

Declension

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Declension of जैसा (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct जैसा
jaisā
जैसे
jaise
जैसी
jaisī
जैसी
jaisī
oblique जैसे
jaise
जैसे
jaise
जैसी
jaisī
जैसी
jaisī
vocative जैसे
jaise
जैसे
jaise
जैसी
jaisī
जैसी
jaisī

Adverb

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जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. so, just as

Conjunction

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जैसा (jaisā) (Urdu spelling جیسا)

  1. as
    Synonym: जैसे कि (jaise ki)

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 304
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yādrśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press