जय

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • जै (jai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, victory).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəj/

Noun

जय (jay) f

  1. victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)

Declension

Interjection

जय (jay) (Urdu spelling جئے)

  1. hail, glory, long live; victory to
    जय राम!jay rām!Hail Rāma!
    जय हिन्द!jay hind!Victory to India!

See also

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit जय (jaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑəj/

Noun

जय (jay) m

  1. victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt)
    Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of जय (jay)
direct
singular
जय
jay
direct
plural
जय
jay
singular plural
nominative जय
jay
जय
jay
oblique जया-
jayā-
जयां-
jayāN-
dative जयाला
jayālā
जयांना
jayāNnā
ergative जयाने
jayāne
जयांनी
jayāNni
instrumental जयाशी
jayāśi
जयांशी
jayāNśi
locative जयात
jayāt
जयांत
jayāNt
vocative जया
jayā
जयांनो
jayāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of जय
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject जयाचा
jayāċā
जयाचे
jayāce
जयाची
jayāci
जयाच्या
jayāca
जयाचे, जयाचं
jayāce, jayāċa
जयाची
jayāci
जयाच्या
jayāca
plural subject जयांचा
jayāNċā
जयांचे
jayāNce
जयांची
jayāNci
जयांच्या
jayāNca
जयांचे, जयांचं
jayāNce, jayāNċa
जयांची
jayāNci
जयांच्या
jayāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

जय (jay) m

  1. a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

जय m

  1. Devanagari script form of jaya

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root जि (ji, to win), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (to win, conquer). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).

Pronunciation

Noun

जय (jayá) m

  1. conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
  2. (in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
  3. Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
  4. a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
  5. name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
  6. (music) a kind of flute
  7. (music) a kind of measure
  8. the sun
  9. Arjuna
  10. Indra
  11. name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
  12. name of a spirit
  13. name of an attendant of Vishnu
  14. name of a Nāga
  15. name of a Danava
  16. name of a son
  17. name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
  18. name of a Pandava hero
  19. name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
  20. name of Aśoka in a former birth
  21. name of a carpenter
  22. Terminalia chebula
  23. नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
  24. for जपा (japā)
  25. name of a narcotic substance
  26. the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
  27. one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
  28. name of the saurā dharmāḥ
  29. name of Durga
  30. name of a daughter of Dakṣa
  31. name of yoginī
  32. name of Śakti
  33. name of a handmaid of Durga
  34. name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
  35. of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जयः
jayáḥ
जयौ
jayaú
जयाः / जयासः¹
jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative जय
jáya
जयौ
jáyau
जयाः / जयासः¹
jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative जयम्
jayám
जयौ
jayaú
जयान्
jayā́n
Instrumental जयेन
jayéna
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयैः / जयेभिः¹
jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative जयाय
jayā́ya
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Ablative जयात्
jayā́t
जयाभ्याम्
jayā́bhyām
जयेभ्यः
jayébhyaḥ
Genitive जयस्य
jayásya
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयानाम्
jayā́nām
Locative जये
jayé
जययोः
jayáyoḥ
जयेषु
jayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Bengali: জয় (joẏ)
  • English: Jaya
  • Gujarati: જાય (jāya)
  • Hindi: जय (jay)
  • Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
  • Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
  • Khmer: ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
  • Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
  • Lü: ᦺᦋ (tsay)
  • Malay: jaya
  • Malayalam: ജയാ (jayā)
  • Marathi: जय (jay)
  • Nepali: जय (jaya)
  • Oriya: ଜୟ (jôyô)
  • Pali: jaya
  • Tamil: ஜெயா (jeyā), ஜெய (jeya)
  • Telugu: జయ (jaya), జయము (jayamu)

Adjective

जय (jayá)

  1. (at the end of a compound) conquering, winning

Derived terms

  • ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
  • कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
  • धनंजय (dhánaṃ-jayá)
  • पुरंजय (puraṃ-jaya)
  • मृत्युंजय (mṛtyúṃ-jaya)
  • शल्रुंजय (śalruṃ-jaya)

References

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