gajah

Acehnese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

gajah

1. elephant (mammal)

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja) (compare Malay gajah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.d͡ʒah/

Noun

gajah

1. elephant

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gajah, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡad͡ʒah/, /ɡad͡ʒaʔ/
• Hyphenation: ga‧jah

Noun

gajah (first-person possessive gajahku, second-person possessive gajahmu, third-person possessive gajahnya)

1. elephant (mammal)
2. (chess) bishop
3. (figurative) big-sized objects

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

• “gajah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• ꦒꦗꦃ

Etymology

From Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

gajah

1. elephant

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡad͡ʒah/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah, -d͡ʒah, -ah

Noun

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah, informal 1st possessive gajahku, 2nd possessive gajahmu, 3rd possessive gajahnya)

1. elephant (mammal)

Descendants

• Indonesian: gajah