جگہ
See also: حكة
Gojri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh).
Noun
جَگَہ (jagah) f
- place
- room
- vacancy
- locality
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 163.
- Javaid Rahi (2015), “جگہ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 370, column 2.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh). جاگه (jâgah), from جا (jâ), جای (jây, “place”) + گاه (-gâh, “location suffix”). Compare Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh). Cognate with Marathi जागा (jāgā), Bengali জায়গা (jayôga), Assamese জেগা (zega).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡe/, /d͡ʒə.ɡʱe/
- Hyphenation: جَ‧گَہ
- Rhymes: -ɑː, -əɦ
Noun
جَگَہ • (jagah) f (Hindi spelling जगह)
- place, site
- space, room
- post
- station
- vacancy (e.g. for a job)
Declension
| Declension of جگہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | جَگَہ (jagah) | جَگَہیں (jagahẽ) |
| oblique | جَگَہ (jagah) | جَگَہوں (jagahõ) |
| vocative | جَگَہ (jagah) | جَگَہو (jagaho) |
Derived terms
- جَگَہ جَگَہ (jagah jagah, “here and there, everywhere”)
Further reading
- “جگہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جگہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 230
- “جگہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.