gaja

See also: Gaja, gāja, gają, and Gają

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/

• Audio (US):

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• 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”

   Synonyms: elephant, hastin

   1. (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga

Anagrams

• ajag

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Noun

gaja

1. elephant

Cornish

Noun

gaja m (plural gajys)

1. pledge

   Synonym: arwostel

Derived terms

• prysken gaja Afrika (“African bush daisy”)

Mutation

Mutation of gaja

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gaja	aja	unchanged	kaja	haja

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “gaja” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaja/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ga‧ja

Adjective

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

1. gay, merry, glad

   Antonym: malgaja

Derived terms

• gajega (“jolly; jovial”)

Descendants

• Ido: gaya

Further reading

• “gaja”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “gaja”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Kimaragang

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Noun

gaja

1. elephant

   Synonym: godingan

Ledo Kaili

Etymology

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

Noun

gaja

1. elephant

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Noun

gaja

1. elephant

   Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipa, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa

Alternative forms

• gajah

Derived terms

• agaja
• agaja-gajahan
• agajah
• gagajah
• gajah-gajahan
• ginajah
• pagajah
• pagajahan
• paṅgaja
• paṅgajah

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)

Further reading

• "gaja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gajo	gajā
Accusative (second)	gajaṃ	gaje
Instrumental (third)	gajena	gajehi or gajebhi
Dative (fourth)	gajassa or gajāya or gajatthaṃ	gajānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gajasmā or gajamhā or gajā	gajehi or gajebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gajassa	gajānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gajasmiṃ or gajamhi or gaje	gajesu
Vocative (calling)	gaja	gajā

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ʒɐ/

Noun

gaja f (plural gajas)

1. female equivalent of gajo
2. (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) chick, bird, broad, bitch (a woman)
   • 2015, dB + PZ, “Tu és a minha gaja”:

     Tu és a minha gaja
     És a minha gaja
     Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja

     You're my chick
     You're my chick
     Without any shadow of a doubt there is

Derived terms

• gajedo

Further reading

• “gaja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gaja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Soninke

Verb

gaja

1. to fight

Related terms

gajanŋaana (warrior)

References

1. Soninke Lexicon