-জা

See also: জা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जात (jāta). Doublet of জাত (jato).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /dʒa/, [ˈdʒaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑa/, [ˈdʑaː], [ˈdʑaˑ]

Suffix

-জা • (-ja)

1. son of

Derived terms

• ঘোষজা (ghōśja)
• দত্তজা (dottoja)
• বোসজা (bōsja)
• মিত্তিরজা (mittirja)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 684