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), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

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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) [with مع]

   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

• جای (jây)
• جه (ja), جی (jay, jī) (colloquial Dari)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː(j)]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː(j)]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ(j)]

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

• Rhymes: -ɑː

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

• آنجا (ânjâ)
• اینجا (injâ)
• بیجا (bêjâ)
• جابجا (jâbejâ)
• هرجا (harjâ)
• کجا (kojâ)

 

References

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