जगह

जगह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جایگاه‎ (jâygâh), جاگه‎ (jâgah), from جا‎ (jâ), جای‎ (jây, “place”) + گاه‎ (-gâh, “location suffix”). Cognate with Old Deccani جاگاہ‎ (jāgāh), Marathi जागा (jāgā), Bengali জায়গা (jayôga), Assamese জেগা (zega).

The shortening of the vowels may be due to influence from जगत् (jagat, “world”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, [d͡ʒə.ɡäː], /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/

Noun

जगह • (jagah) f (Urdu spelling جگہ‎)

1. place, site

   हम कौनसी जगह आ गये? ― ham kaunsī jagah ā gaye? ― Where have we come? (literally, “What place have we come to?”)

   Synonym: स्थान (sthān)

2. space, room, space

   मेट्रो में कभी बैठने की जगह नहीं मिलती।

   meṭro mẽ kabhī baiṭhne kī jagah nahī̃ miltī.

   One can never find a space to sit in the metro.

   जगह छोड़ना ― jagah choṛnā ― to leave room

3. vacancy (e.g. for a job)

Declension

Declension of जगह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जगह jagah	जगहें jagahẽ
oblique	जगह jagah	जगहों jagahõ
vocative	जगह jagah	जगहो jagaho

Derived terms

• जगह-जगह (jagah-jagah)

References

1. Burton-Page, J (1960), “The Etymology of Hindi 'Jagah': A Problem in Diffusion”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute‎, volume 20, issue 1/4, pages 288–290