जि

जि

Bodo (India)

Numeral

जि (ji) (Latin script ji)

1. ten

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Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑi]

Pronoun

जि • (ji) (Newa Spelling 𑐖𑐶)

1. I

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬶ (Balinese script)
• জি (Assamese script)
• জি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌿 (Grantha script)
• જિ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦗꦶ (Javanese script)
• ជិ (Khmer script)
• ಜಿ (Kannada script)
• ຊິ (Lao script)
• ജി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘕𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠽᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᡯᡳ (Manchu script)
• ဇိ (Burmese script)
• 𑦵𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଜି (Oriya script)
• ꢙꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ජි (Sinhalese script)
• జి (Telugu script)
• ชิ (Thai script)
• ཛི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi/

Root

जि • (ji)

1. to win, conquer
2. to acquire, vanquish, defeat

Derived terms

• जय (jayá, “winning, victory”)
• जयति (jáyati, “win, conquer”)
• जित (jitá, “won, conquered”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0420.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 53
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “जि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469