जाया

See also: ज्यौ, ज्या, and जय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জায়া (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬵᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• জায়া (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇာယာ (Burmese script)
• જાયા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦴꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂰𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಾಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ជាយា (Khmer script)
• ຊາຍາ (Lao script)
• ജായാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘰𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧑𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜାଯା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජායා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩛𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚭𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜாயா (Tamil script)
• జాయా (Telugu script)
• ชายา (Thai script)
• ཛཱ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨊𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Exact origin obscure, but ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, produce”) (thus literally “one who begets”) or *ǵemH- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɑː.jɑː/

Noun

जाया • (jāyā́) stem, f

1. a wife

   Synonym: जनि (jáni)

2. (astronomy) the 7th lunar mansion

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जाया

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जाया (jāyā)	जाये (jāye)	जायाः (jāyāḥ)
vocative	जाये (jāye)	जाये (jāye)	जायाः (jāyāḥ)
accusative	जायाम् (jāyām)	जाये (jāye)	जायाः (jāyāḥ)
instrumental	जायया (jāyayā) जाया¹ (jāyā¹)	जायाभ्याम् (jāyābhyām)	जायाभिः (jāyābhiḥ)
dative	जायायै (jāyāyai)	जायाभ्याम् (jāyābhyām)	जायाभ्यः (jāyābhyaḥ)
ablative	जायायाः (jāyāyāḥ) जायायै² (jāyāyai²)	जायाभ्याम् (jāyābhyām)	जायाभ्यः (jāyābhyaḥ)
genitive	जायायाः (jāyāyāḥ) जायायै² (jāyāyai²)	जाययोः (jāyayoḥ)	जायानाम् (jāyānām)
locative	जायायाम् (jāyāyām)	जाययोः (jāyayoḥ)	जायासु (jāyāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”)
• जार (ȷ́ā́ra, ȷ́ārá, “suitor, paramour, lover, intimate companion”)
• जार्य (jāryá, “intimacy; companionship”)
• जामातृ (jā́mātṛ, “son-in-law”)
• जामि (ȷ́āmí, “female relative; daughter-in-law; consanguinity”)

Descendants

• Pali: jāyā
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (jāyā)
  • Gujarati: જાઈ (jāī)
  • Hindustani: jā
    • Hindi: जा
    • Urdu: جا
  • Kumaoni: जै (jai)
• → Thai: ชายา (chaa-yaa, “royal wife”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press