झी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঝী (Assamese script)
• ᬛᬷ (Balinese script)
• ঝী (Bengali script)
• 𑰖𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀛𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဈီ (Burmese script)
• ઝી (Gujarati script)
• ਝੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌝𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦙꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂕𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಝೀ (Kannada script)
• ឈី (Khmer script)
• ຌີ (Lao script)
• ഝീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢝᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘖𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦶𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐗𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଝୀ (Odia script)
• ꢚꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆙𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖖𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඣී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩤𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚒𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஜீ² (Tamil script)
• ఝీ (Telugu script)
• ฌี (Thai script)
• ཛྷཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒗𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨦𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱiː/

Noun

झी • (jhī) stem, m

1. an elephant

Declension

Masculine ī-stem declension of झी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	झीः jhīḥ	झियौ jhiyau	झियः jhiyaḥ
accusative	झियम् jhiyam	झियौ jhiyau	झियः jhiyaḥ
instrumental	झिया jhiyā	झीभ्याम् jhībhyām	झीभिः jhībhiḥ
dative	झिये jhiye	झीभ्याम् jhībhyām	झीभ्यः jhībhyaḥ
ablative	झियः jhiyaḥ	झीभ्याम् jhībhyām	झीभ्यः jhībhyaḥ
genitive	झियः jhiyaḥ	झियोः jhiyoḥ	झियाम्, झीनाम् jhiyām, jhīnām
locative	झियि jhiyi	झियोः jhiyoḥ	झीषु jhīṣu
vocative	झीः jhīḥ	झियौ jhiyau	झियः jhiyaḥ

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “झी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 748