جا

See also: خا‎ and چا‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Verb

جا • (gā) (perfect, imperfect ييجي‎ (yīgi))

  1. Alternative form of جه‎ (gih)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ي ي‎

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː/, [d͡ʒaː], [ʒaː]

Verb

جا • (jā) (form I, non-past يجي‎ (yiji))

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

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ي ي‎
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː/
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Verb

جا • (jā) (form 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔ(j)/

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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