जागा

Marathi

Etymology 1

Adjective

जागा • (j̈āgā) m

  1. masculine singular of जागे (j̈āge)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian جایگاه‎ (jâygâh), جاگه‎ (jâgah), from جا‎ (jâ), جای‎ (jây, “place”) + گاه‎ (-gâh, “location suffix”). Compare Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Hindi जगह (jagah), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā) / جگہ‎ (jgh), Bengali জায়গা (jayga), Assamese জেগা (zega), Sylheti ꠎꠦꠉꠣ (zega), .

Noun

जागा • (j̈āgā) f

  1. place, space
  2. seat, position

References
  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “जागा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “जागा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “जागा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jāˊgrat (5174)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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