जय

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • जै (jai)

Etymology

From Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒəj/

Noun

जय • (jay) f

  1. victory, triumph
    Synonym: जीत (jīt)

Interjection

जय • (jay)

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

See also

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • jaya (Latin script)
  • 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • জয (Bengali script)
  • ජය (Sinhalese script)
  • ဇယ (Burmese script)
  • ชย (Thai script)
  • ᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • ជយ (Khmer script)

Noun

जय m

  1. Devanagari script form of jaya

Declension
Declension table of "जय" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)जयोजया
Accusative (second)जयंजये
Instrumental (third)जयेनजयेहि or जयेभि
Dative (fourth)जयस्स or जयाय or जयत्थंजयानं
Ablative (fifth)जयस्मा or जयम्हा or जयाजयेहि or जयेभि
Genitive (sixth)जयस्सजयानं
Locative (seventh)जयस्मिं or जयम्हि or जयेजयेसु
Vocative (calling)जयजया

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
  • জয (Assamese script)
  • জয (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
  • જય (Gujarati script)
  • ꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
  • ಜಯ (Kannada script)
  • ဇယ (Burmese script)
  • ଜଯ (Oriya script)
  • ꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
  • జయ (Telugu script)
  • ཛཡ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)

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
  • जयन्ति (jayanti)

Descendants

Adjective

जय • (jayá)

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

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

References
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