gaja

See also: Gaja and gāja

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə

Noun

gaja (plural gajas)

  1. (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
  2. (chaturanga) A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
    1. (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
    Synonyms: elephant, hastin

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From English gay, French gai, Italian gaio. Doublet of geja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaja]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ja

Adjective

gaja (accusative singular gajan, plural gajaj, accusative plural gajajn)

  1. gay, merry, glad
    Antonym: malgaja

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Ido: gaya

Ledo Kaili

Etymology

From Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Noun

gaja

  1. elephant

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
  • गज (Devanagari script)
  • গজ (Bengali script)
  • ගජ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂဇ or ၷၹ (Burmese script)
  • คช or คะชะ (Thai script)
  • ᨣᨩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄຊ or ຄະຊະ (Lao script)
  • គជ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄎 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀕𑀚 (gaja), 𑀕𑀬 (gaya).

Noun

gaja m

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: karin, hatthin, nāga, mātaṅga

Declension
Declension table of "gaja" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gajogajā
Accusative (second)gajaṃgaje
Instrumental (third)gajenagajehi or gajebhi
Dative (fourth)gajassa or gajāya or gajatthaṃgajānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gajasmā or gajamhā or gajāgajehi or gajebhi
Genitive (sixth)gajassagajānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gajasmiṃ or gajamhi or gajegajesu
Vocative (calling)gajagajā

Descendants
  • Khmer: គជ (kĕəʼcĕəʼ)

References
  • Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “gaja”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 240
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211

Portuguese

Noun

gaja f (plural gajas)

  1. female equivalent of gajo
  2. (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) girl
    • 2015, dB + PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:
      Tu és a minha gaja / És a minha gaja / Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja
      You're my girl / You're my girl / Without any shadow of a doubt there is
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