جا

See also: خا and چا

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Verb

جا () (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 () (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 () (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 ()

  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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