જે

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Gujarati जु (ju), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄 (jo), from Sanskrit यः (yáḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós. The -e derived from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).[1] Cognate with Hindustani جو / जो (jo).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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જે (je)

  1. the relative pronoun:
    1. who; whoever
    2. whichever
    3. whatever

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 601