As a Hindi name
जा
रहा है ।—जयं॰ प्र॰, पृ॰ ८६ · आत्मचिंतन । आत्मा का ध्यान — Śabdasāgara
जा · noun · feminine
माता । माँ · देवरानी । देवर की स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
जा · feminine
co-sister-in-law; husband's younger brother's wife
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
Platts (p. 369) also records: jo, and = the Hindī jis
Cited formation "जा" is ज + -आ: ज means "the eighth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जा" is जना + -आ: जना means "a man, a person", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit यातृ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit जाउ f (jāu), from Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ) (genitive यातुः (yātuḥ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyaHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yénh₂tēr ~ h₁yn̥h₂trés. Cognate with Bengali জা (ja), Konkani जाव (jāv), and Marathi जाऊ (jāū). Through Indo-European, cognate with…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. yātṛ mfn. going, travelling, marching, being on a journey, RV.
going for, seeking, ib.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a race, tribe
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jā" is the nominative of "jeman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "jā" is the feminine form of "ja" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "jā" is the nominative of "jan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
M1 · same meaning "jā" is the nominative of "jṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
jā f. a race, tribe, AV. v, 11, 10
ifc. a daughter, MBh. &c.
jā mfn. (Ved. for 2. ja cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67) ifc. ‘born, produced’, see agra-, adri-, apsu-jā &c.
jā (ās), m. f. offspring, pl. descendants, RV.
jā 1 A mother. 2 A husband's brother's wife. 3 A race, tribe.
1. jeman mfn. victorious, RV. x, 106.
2. jeman m. victoriousness, VS. xviii, 4; TS. i, 6, 2, 4; vii, 4, 3, 2; TāṇḍyaBr. xiii, 12, 8; xv, 5, 30.
1. ja the 3rd palatal letter (having the sound of j in jump).
2. ja mf(ā)n. (√ jan) ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by, born or produced in or at or upon, growing in, living at, Mn.; MBh. &c.
jan cl. 1. [RV.; AV.] and cl. 10. janati, ˚te (Subj. janat, RV.; ˚nāt, AV. vi, 81, 3; Ā. ˚nata, RV. x, 123, 7; impf. ajanat, RV.; p. janat), janayati, ˚te (in later language only P. Pāṇ. i, 3, 86; Subj. ˚nayat; impf. ajanayat; aor. ajījanat; p. janayat; inf. janayitavai, ŚBr. xiv), twice cl. 3. (Subj. jajanat, MaitrS. i, 3, 20 and 9, 1 [Kāṭh. ix, 8]; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192 and vii, 4, 78, Kāś.; pr. jajanti, Dhātup. xxv, 24; aor. Ā. janiṣṭa; Ā. ajani, RV. ii, 34, 2; perf. jajāna; 3. pl. jajñur, RV. &c.; once jajanur, viii, 97, 10; p. ˚jñivas; Ved. inf. janitos, iv, 6, 7; AitBr.; ŚBr. iii; [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]; Ved. ind.p. ˚nitvī, RV. x, 65, 7) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, RV.; AV. &c.; to produce (a song of praise, &c.), RV.; (cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, AV. vii, 19, 1; xiii, 1, 19; VarBṛ. xiv, 1; xix; to assign, procure, RV.; VS. xix, 94; cl. 4. jāyate (ep. also ˚ti; impf. ajāyata; pr.p. jāyamāna; fut. janiṣyate; aor. ajaniṣṭa; 1. [RV. viii, 6, 10] and 3. sg. ajani; 3. sg. jani, i, 141, 1; jāni, 7, 36; perf. jajñe, 2. sg. ˚jñiṣe, 3. pl. ˚jñire, p. ˚jñāna) and [RV.] cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. janiṣe, 2. pl. ˚nidhve, Impv. ˚niṣvā [vi, 15, 18], ˚nidhvam, cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78; impf. 3. p. ajñata [aor., Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80], AitBr.), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ajanatā, RV. iv, 5, 5; p. janamāna, viii, 99, 3) to be born or produced, come into existence, RV.; AV. &c.; to grow (as plants, teeth), AV. iv f.; AitBr. vii, 15; ŚBr. xiv; KātyŚr.; Mn. ix, 38; VarBṛS.; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), MBh. i, 11, 14; Pañcat. iv, 1, 5; to be born or destined for (acc.), RV. iv, 5, 5; MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10 (v.l. jayate for jāy˚); to be born again, Mn. iv, ix, xi f.; MBh. i, iii, xiii; Hit. Introd. 14; to become, be, RV.; AV. &c.; to be changed into (dat.), Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13, Kāś.; to take place, happen, Vet. i, 11; iv, 25; to be possible or applicable or suitable, Suśr.; to generate, produce, R. iii, 20, 17; Caraṇ. : Pass. janyate, to be born or produced, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 : Desid. jijaniṣati, 42, Kāś. : Intens. jañjanyate and jājāy˚, 43 (cf. Vop. xx, 17);
jan, [cf. γίγνομαι; Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate’.]
1. jṛ cl. 1. P. See √ 1. jṝ.
2. jṛ cl. 1. Ā. (2. du. jarethe and Impv. ˚thām; jarante, ˚rasva; p. jaramāṇa) to come near, approach, RV. i-iv, vii f.; x, 40, 3.
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