As a deity name
Name 63 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 784 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 630 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 841 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
जय · noun · masculine
युद्ध, विवाद आदि में विपाक्षियों का परा- भव । विरोधियों को दमन करके स्वत्व या महत्व स्थापन । जीत · ज्योतिष के अनुसार वृहस्पाति के प्रौष्ठपद नासक छठे युग का तीसरा वर्ष · विष्णु के एक पार्षद का नाम — Śabdasāgara
जय · adj
(समास में प्रयुक्त) विजयी । जीतनेवाला । जैसे, मृत्युंजय (=मृत्यु को जीतनेवाला) — Śabdasāgara
जय · jaya · s.m.
f. Winning, being victorious; conquest, victory, triumph; advancement, preferment, promotion; resignation — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 411
जय · masculine
a male given name, Jai or Jay, from Sanskrit
जय · feminine
victory, triumph
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jaya mfn. (√ ji) ifc. conquering, winning See ṛtaṃ-, kṛtaṃ-, dhanaṃ-jaya, puraṃ-, śatruṃ-
jaya m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 56, Kāś.) conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit), AV. vii, 50, 8; ŚBr. vi; Mn. vii (indriyāṇāṃj˚ victory over or restraint of the senses) & x; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sg. Premna spinosa or longifolia
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jaya" is the vocative of "jayā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jaya mfn. (√ ji) ifc. conquering, winning See ṛtaṃ-, kṛtaṃ-, dhanaṃ-jaya, puraṃ-, śatruṃ-
jaya m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 56, Kāś.) conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit), AV. vii, 50, 8; ŚBr. vi; Mn. vii (indriyāṇāṃj˚ victory over or restraint of the senses) & x; MBh. &c.
cf. ātma-, prāṇa-, rug-
jaya m. pl. (parox.) N. of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities, VāyuP. ii, 6, 4 ff.), MaitrS. i, 4, 14; TS. iii; PārGṛ. i, 5; Nyāyam. iii, 4, 24
jaya m. sg. Premna spinosa or longifolia, L.
jayā (ā), f. Sesbania aegyptiaca, L.
Premna spinosa or longifolia, L.
Alternative readings
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