جیجا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀚𑀻𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*jījja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒäː/, [d͡ʒiː.d͡ʒˑäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: جی‧جا

Noun

جِیجا • (jījā) m (feminine جِیجی, Gurmukhi spelling ਜੀਜਾ)

1. brother-in-law; sister's husband

   Synonym: بَھݨْوَئیا (bhaṇvaīā)

2. bridegroom

Declension

Declension of جیجا

	singular	plural
direct	جِیجا (jījā)	جِیجے (jīje)
oblique	جِیجے (jīje)	جِیجیْاں (jījiyāṉ)
vocative	جِیجیْا (jījiyā)	جِیجیو (jījeyo)
ablative	جِیجیوں (jījeyoṉ)	جِیجیْاں (jījiyāṉ)
locative	–	جِیجِیں (jījīṉ)
instrumental	جِیجے (jīje)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِیجا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਜੀਜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jījja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press