जग

जग

See also: जंग, जुंग, जुग, and जंगी

Awadhi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat).

Noun

जग (jag)

1. (uncountable) world, earth, universe
   • Tulsidas, संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक :

     ताहि सों त्रास भयो जग को

     tāhi sõ trās bhayo jag ko

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Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat). Doublet of जगत् (jagat).

Noun

जग • (jag) m (Urdu spelling جگ‎)

1. world, earth, universe

   Synonyms: संसार (sansār), दुनिया (duniyā)

Declension

Declension of जग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जग jag	जग jag
oblique	जग jag	जगों jagõ
vocative	जग jag	जगो jago

Derived terms

• जगपति (jagapti, “Lord of the Universe; an epithet of Vishnu”)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “जग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Marathi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat).

Noun

जग • (jag) n

1. universe
2. world, the residence of man
3. people, folk, mankind

See also

• दुनिया (duniyā)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press