-ज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज (ja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒᵊ/

Suffix

-ज • (-ja)

1. born from, descended from
2. produced by, caused by

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -ज

अतिपरवलयज

अवकलज

खनिज

गतिज

जलज

देशज

परवलयज

स्थितिज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬚ (Balinese script)
• -ဇ (Burmese script)
• -ज (Devanagari script)
• -ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌜 (Grantha script)
• -ꦗ (Javanese script)
• -𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• -ជ (Khmer script)
• -ຊ (Lao script)
• -ജ (Malayalam script)
• -ᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘕 (Modi script)
• -ᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐖 (Newa script)
• -ଜ (Odia script)
• -ꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆘 (Sharada script)
• -𑖕 (Siddham script)
• -ජ (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚑 (Takri script)
• -ஜ (Tamil script)
• -ช (Thai script)
• -་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Sanskrit जन् (jan)

Sanskrit -ज (-ja)

From the root जन् (jan, “to produce”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ/

Suffix

-ज • (-ja)

1. born from, descended from
2. produced by, caused by

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -ज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-जः (-jaḥ)	-जौ (-jau) -जा¹ (-jā¹)	-जाः (-jāḥ) -जासः¹ (-jāsaḥ¹)
vocative	-ज (-ja)	-जौ (-jau) -जा¹ (-jā¹)	-जाः (-jāḥ) -जासः¹ (-jāsaḥ¹)
accusative	-जम् (-jam)	-जौ (-jau) -जा¹ (-jā¹)	-जान् (-jān)
instrumental	-जेन (-jena)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जैः (-jaiḥ) -जेभिः¹ (-jebhiḥ¹)
dative	-जाय (-jāya)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जेभ्यः (-jebhyaḥ)
ablative	-जात् (-jāt)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जेभ्यः (-jebhyaḥ)
genitive	-जस्य (-jasya)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जानाम् (-jānām)
locative	-जे (-je)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जेषु (-jeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of -जा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-जा (-jā)	-जे (-je)	-जाः (-jāḥ)
vocative	-जे (-je)	-जे (-je)	-जाः (-jāḥ)
accusative	-जाम् (-jām)	-जे (-je)	-जाः (-jāḥ)
instrumental	-जया (-jayā) -जा¹ (-jā¹)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जाभिः (-jābhiḥ)
dative	-जायै (-jāyai)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जाभ्यः (-jābhyaḥ)
ablative	-जायाः (-jāyāḥ) -जायै² (-jāyai²)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जाभ्यः (-jābhyaḥ)
genitive	-जायाः (-jāyāḥ) -जायै² (-jāyai²)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जानाम् (-jānām)
locative	-जायाम् (-jāyām)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जासु (-jāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of -ज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-जम् (-jam)	-जे (-je)	-जानि (-jāni) -जा¹ (-jā¹)
vocative	-ज (-ja)	-जे (-je)	-जानि (-jāni) -जा¹ (-jā¹)
accusative	-जम् (-jam)	-जे (-je)	-जानि (-jāni) -जा¹ (-jā¹)
instrumental	-जेन (-jena)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जैः (-jaiḥ) -जेभिः¹ (-jebhiḥ¹)
dative	-जाय (-jāya)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जेभ्यः (-jebhyaḥ)
ablative	-जात् (-jāt)	-जाभ्याम् (-jābhyām)	-जेभ्यः (-jebhyaḥ)
genitive	-जस्य (-jasya)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जानाम् (-jānām)
locative	-जे (-je)	-जयोः (-jayoḥ)	-जेषु (-jeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -ज

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