جا

See also: خا and چا

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑaː]

Pronoun

جا (jaa)

  1. I; first-person singular pronoun

References
  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “jaa”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

Egyptian Arabic
Root
ج ي ي
2 terms

Verb

جا • (gā) I (non-past ييجي (yīgi))

  1. Alternative form of جه (gih)

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ج ي ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː/, [d͡ʒaː], [ʒaː]

Verb

جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yiji))

  1. to come
  2. to arrive
    Synonym: وَصَل (waṣal)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of جا (jā)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جيت (jīt) جيت (jīt) جا (jā) جينا (jīna) جيتوا (jītu) جوا (jō)
f جيتي (jīti) جات (jāt)
non-past m أجي (aji) تجي (tiji) يجي (yiji) نجي (niji) تجوا (tiju) يجوا (yiju)
f تجي (tiji) تجي (tiji)
imperative m تعال (taʿāl) تعالوا (taʿālu)
f تعالي (taʿāli)

Moroccan Arabic
Root
ج ي ي
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒaː/
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Verb

جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yji) or ييجي (yīji))

  1. to come
    جيتي انت وياه لعندنا.
    jīti nta w-iyyāh l-ʕandna
    You and he came to us.
  2. to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image) [+ مع (object)]
    جا معاك هاد السروال.
    ja mʕāk hād es-sirwāl
    Those pants suit you.
  3. to arrive
    Synonym: وصل (wṣal)
  4. (in the past tense) to be located
    فين جات مصر؟
    fīn jāt miṣr
    Where is Egypt located?
  5. (in the present tense) to be related to someone
    واش كتجيك ديك البنت؟
    wāš katjīk dīk el-bint?
    Is that girl related to you?
    كنجيه شي حاجة.
    kanjīh ši ḥāja.
    I am related to him somehow

Conjugation
    Conjugation of جا
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جيت (jīt) جيتي (jīti) جا (ja) جينا (jīna) جيتوا (jītu) جاوا (jāw)
f جات (jāt)
non-past m نجي (nji) تجي (tji) يجي (yīji) نجيوا (njīw) تجيوا (tjīw) يجيوا (yijīw)
f تجي (tji) تجي (tji)
imperative m آجي (ʔāji) آجيوا (ʔājīw)
f آجي (ʔāji)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg, “place”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔː(j)]

Readings
Classical reading? jā(y)
Dari reading? jā(y)
Iranian reading? jâ(y)
Tajik reading? jo(y)

Noun

جا • (jâ)

  1. place
  2. space
  3. location
  4. seat
  5. (dialectal) bed, mattress, bedding
    جاتو جمع کن. ― jâto jam kon. ― Remove your mattress(blanket, bedsheet, etc).

Derived terms

References
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “jʾy”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page gyʾg
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