जय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəj/, [d͡ʒɐj], /d͡ʒɛː/

Noun

जय • (jay) f

victory, triumph
Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)

Declension

Declension of जय (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जय jay	जयें jayẽ
oblique	जय jay	जयों jayõ
vocative	जय jay	जयो jayo

Interjection

जय • (jay) (Urdu spelling جے)

hail, glory, long live; victory to
जय श्री राम! ― jay śrī rām! ― Hail Lord Rāma!

जय हिन्द! ― jay hind! ― Victory to India!

जय भीम! ― jay bhīm! ― Long Live Bhim!

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʑəj/

Noun

जय • (jay) m

victory, triumph
Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt)

Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	जय jay
direct plural	जय jay
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	जय jay	जय jay
oblique सामान्यरूप	जया jayā	जयां- jayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	जयाला jayālā	जयांना jayānnā
ergative	जयाने, जयानं jayāne, jayāna	जयांनी jayānnī
instrumental	जयाशी jayāśī	जयांशी jayānśī
locative सप्तमी	जयात jayāt	जयांत jayāt
vocative संबोधन	जया jayā	जयांनो jayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of जय (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	जयाचा jayāċā	जयाचे jayāċe	जयाची jayācī	जयाच्या jayācā	जयाचे, जयाचं jayāċe, jayāċa	जयाची jayācī	जयाच्या jayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	जयांचा jayānċā	जयांचे jayānċe	जयांची jayāñcī	जयांच्या jayāncā	जयांचे, जयांचं jayānċe, jayānċa	जयांची jayāñcī	जयांच्या jayāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

जय • (jay) m

a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

jaya (Latin script)
𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
জয (Bengali script)
ජය (Sinhalese script)
ဇယ or ၹယ (Burmese script)
ชย or ชะยะ (Thai script)
ᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
ຊຍ or ຊະຍະ or ຊະຢະ (Lao script)
ជយ (Khmer script)
𑄎𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

जय m

Devanagari script form of jaya

Declension

Declension table of "जय" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जयो (jayo)	जया (jayā)
Accusative (second)	जयं (jayaṃ)	जये (jaye)
Instrumental (third)	जयेन (jayena)	जयेहि (jayehi) or जयेभि (jayebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जयस्स (jayassa) or जयाय (jayāya) or जयत्थं (jayatthaṃ)	जयानं (jayānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जयस्मा (jayasmā) or जयम्हा (jayamhā) or जया (jayā)	जयेहि (jayehi) or जयेभि (jayebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जयस्स (jayassa)	जयानं (jayānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जयस्मिं (jayasmiṃ) or जयम्हि (jayamhi) or जये (jaye)	जयेसु (jayesu)
Vocative (calling)	जय (jaya)	जया (jayā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

জয় (Assamese script)
ᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
জয় (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ဇယ (Burmese script)
જય (Gujarati script)
ਜਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಜಯ (Kannada script)
ជយ (Khmer script)
ຊຍ (Lao script)
ജയ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
ଜଯ (Odia script)
ꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
ජය (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚣 (Takri script)
ஜய (Tamil script)
జయ (Telugu script)
ชย (Thai script)
ཛ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जि (ji, “to win”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bíā).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.jɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

Noun

जय • (jayá) stem, m

conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
(in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
(music) a kind of flute
(music) a kind of measure
the sun
Arjuna
Indra
name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
name of a spirit
name of an attendant of Vishnu
name of a Nāga
name of a Danava
name of a son
name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
name of a Pandava hero
name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
name of Aśoka in a former birth
name of a carpenter
Terminalia chebula
नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
for जपा (japā)
name of a narcotic substance
the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
name of the saurā dharmāḥ
name of Durga
name of a daughter of Dakṣa
name of yoginī
name of Śakti
name of a handmaid of Durga
name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जयः jayáḥ	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	जय jáya	जयौ / जया¹ jáyau / jáyā¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जयम् jayám	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयान् jayā́n
Instrumental	जयेन jayéna	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयैः / जयेभिः¹ jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative	जयाय jayā́ya	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Ablative	जयात् jayā́t	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Genitive	जयस्य jayásya	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयानाम् jayā́nām
Locative	जये jayé	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयेषु jayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

जयति (jayati)

Descendants

Bengali: জয় (joẏ)
→ Chinese: 闍耶／阇耶
→ English: Jaya
Gujarati: જાય (jāya)
→ Hindi: जय (jay)
→ Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
→ Khmer: ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
→ Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
→ Lü: ᦺᦋ (tsay)
→ Madurese: jhâjâ
→ Malay: jaya
- Indonesian: jaya
→ Malayalam: ജയാ (jayā)
Marathi: जय (jay)
Nepali: जय (jaya)
Odia: ଜୟ (jaya)
→ Old Javanese: jaya
- Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
- → Balinese: ᬚᬬ (jaya)
Pali: jaya
- → Khmer: ជ័យ (cɨy)
- → Burmese: ဇေယျ (jeyya.)
- → Mon: ဇၞး
- → Thai: ชัย (chai), ชโย (chayo) ไชโย (chaiyo)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਜੈ (jai)

Shahmukhi script: جے (jay)
→ Tamil: ஜெயா (jeyā), ஜெய (jeya)
→ Telugu: జయ (jaya), జయము (jayamu)

Adjective

जय • (jayá) stem

(at the end of a compound) conquering, winning

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जयः jayáḥ	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jayā́ḥ / jayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	जय jáya	जयौ / जया¹ jáyau / jáyā¹	जयाः / जयासः¹ jáyāḥ / jáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जयम् jayám	जयौ / जया¹ jayaú / jayā́¹	जयान् jayā́n
Instrumental	जयेन jayéna	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयैः / जयेभिः¹ jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative	जयाय jayā́ya	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Ablative	जयात् jayā́t	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Genitive	जयस्य jayásya	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयानाम् jayā́nām
Locative	जये jayé	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयेषु jayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of जया (jayā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जया jayā́	जये jayé	जयाः jayā́ḥ
Vocative	जये jáye	जये jáye	जयाः jáyāḥ
Accusative	जयाम् jayā́m	जये jayé	जयाः jayā́ḥ
Instrumental	जयया / जया¹ jayáyā / jayā́¹	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयाभिः jayā́bhiḥ
Dative	जयायै jayā́yai	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयाभ्यः jayā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जयायाः / जयायै² jayā́yāḥ / jayā́yai²	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयाभ्यः jayā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जयायाः / जयायै² jayā́yāḥ / jayā́yai²	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयानाम् jayā́nām
Locative	जयायाम् jayā́yām	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयासु jayā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Feminine ī-stem declension of जयी (jayī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जयी jayī́	जय्यौ / जयी¹ jayyaù / jayī́¹	जय्यः / जयीः¹ jayyàḥ / jayī́ḥ¹
Vocative	जयि jáyi	जय्यौ / जयी¹ jáyyau / jáyī¹	जय्यः / जयीः¹ jáyyaḥ / jáyīḥ¹
Accusative	जयीम् jayī́m	जय्यौ / जयी¹ jayyaù / jayī́¹	जयीः jayī́ḥ
Instrumental	जय्या jayyā́	जयीभ्याम् jayī́bhyām	जयीभिः jayī́bhiḥ
Dative	जय्यै jayyaí	जयीभ्याम् jayī́bhyām	जयीभ्यः jayī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जय्याः / जय्यै² jayyā́ḥ / jayyaí²	जयीभ्याम् jayī́bhyām	जयीभ्यः jayī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जय्याः / जय्यै² jayyā́ḥ / jayyaí²	जय्योः jayyóḥ	जयीनाम् jayī́nām
Locative	जय्याम् jayyā́m	जय्योः jayyóḥ	जयीषु jayī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of जय (jayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जयम् jayám	जये jayé	जयानि / जया¹ jayā́ni / jayā́¹
Vocative	जय jáya	जये jáye	जयानि / जया¹ jáyāni / jáyā¹
Accusative	जयम् jayám	जये jayé	जयानि / जया¹ jayā́ni / jayā́¹
Instrumental	जयेन jayéna	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयैः / जयेभिः¹ jayaíḥ / jayébhiḥ¹
Dative	जयाय jayā́ya	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Ablative	जयात् jayā́t	जयाभ्याम् jayā́bhyām	जयेभ्यः jayébhyaḥ
Genitive	जयस्य jayásya	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयानाम् jayā́nām
Locative	जये jayé	जययोः jayáyoḥ	जयेषु jayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
धनंजय (dhánaṃjayá)
पुरंजय (puraṃ-jaya)
मृत्युंजय (mṛtyúṃ-jaya)
शल्रुंजय (śalruṃ-jaya)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “जय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0412/3.

जय

Contents

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Interjection

See also

Marathi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Proper noun

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

References