गज
See also: गांजा, गाँजा, and गजः
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəd͡ʒ/
Noun
गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)
- elephant
- Synonym: हाथी (hāthī)
Declension
| Declension of गज | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | गज (gaj) | गज (gaj) |
| Oblique | गज (gaj) | गजों (gajõ) |
| Vocative | गज (gaj) | गजो (gajo) |
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
गज (gaja) m
- elephant
Rajasthani
Etymology
From Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Noun
गज (gaj) m
- elephant
Synonyms
- गयंद (gayãnd)
References
- Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 80. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬕᬚ (Balinese script)
- গজ (Bengali script)
- গজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ગજ (Gujarati script)
- ꦒꦗ (Javanese script)
- ಗಜ (Kannada script)
- ဂဇ (Burmese script)
- ଗଜ (Oriya script)
- ꢔꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖕 (Siddham script)
- గజ (Telugu script)
- གཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root गज् (gaj, “to sound, to roar”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
गज • (gaja) m
- elephant
- Synonyms: हस्तिन् (hastin), नाग (nāga), कुञ्जर (kuñjara)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of गज | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गजः (gajaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गजस्य (gajasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गजः (gajaḥ) | गजौ (gajau) | गजाः (gajāḥ) |
| Vocative | गज (gaja) | गजौ (gajau) | गजाः (gajāḥ) |
| Accusative | गजम् (gajam) | गजौ (gajau) | गजान् (gajān) |
| Instrumental | गजेन (gajena) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजैः (gajaiḥ) |
| Dative | गजाय (gajāya) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजेभ्यः (gajebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गजात् (gajāt) | गजाभ्याम् (gajābhyām) | गजेभ्यः (gajebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गजस्य (gajasya) | गजयोः (gajayoḥ) | गजानाम् (gajānām) |
| Locative | गजे (gaje) | गजयोः (gajayoḥ) | गजेषु (gajeṣu) |
Descendants
Descendants
- Pali: gaja
- → Thai: คชา (ká-chaa), คช (kót-chá-)
- → Acehnese: gajah
- → Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)
- → Banjarese: gajah
- → Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ (gaja)
- → Bikol Central: gagdya
- → Cebuano: gadya
- → Chinese: 伽耶 (qiéyé)
- → Gorontalo: gaja
- → Hiligaynon: gadyo
- → Hindi: गज (gaj)
- → Ilocano: gadia
- → Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah)
- → Kannada: ಗಜ (gaja)
- → Kapampangan: gagdia
- → Madurese: ꦓꦙ (ghajha)
- → Malay: gajah
- Indonesian: gajah
- → Minangkabau: gajah
- → Old Gujarati: गज (gaja)
- → Molbog: gaja
- → Brooke's Point Palawano: gadya
- → Sanskrit: गज (gaja)
- → Sasak: gajah
- → Sika: glajak
- → Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ (gajah)
- → Tagalog: gadya
- → Telugu: గజము (gajamu)
- → Tulu: ಗಜ (gaja)
- → Urdu: گج (gaj)
- → Waray-Waray: gadya
- → Wolio: gaja