"જ" meaning in Gujarati

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Character

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒə/ Forms: ja [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|gu|letter}} જ • (ja)
  1. The eighth consonant in Gujarati. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-જ-gu-character-nlBjDsgf Categories (other): Gujarati entries with incorrect language header, Gujarati particles, Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Gujarati entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Gujarati particles: 91 9 Disambiguation of Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /əd͡ʒ/ [Gujarati, Standard] (note: after a consonant), /d͡ʒ/ [Gujarati, Standard] (note: after a vowel) Forms: aj [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji), इजि (iji), ज (ja), इ (i), from Apabhramsa जि (ji), from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva), 𑀚𑁂𑀯𑁆𑀯 (jĕvva), from Sanskrit ए॒व (evá). Cognate with Nepali इ (i), Odia ଇ (i). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|gu|inc-ogu|जि|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Gujarati जि (ji), {{inh+|gu|inc-ogu|जि}} Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji), {{inh|gu|inc-apa|जि}} Apabhramsa जि (ji), {{inh|gu|pra|𑀚𑁂𑀯}} Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva), {{inh|gu|sa|ए॒व}} Sanskrit ए॒व (evá), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Turner, Ralph Lilley (<span class="None" lang="und">1969–1985), “ēvá¹”, in <cite>A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages</cite>, London: Oxford University Press, page 121</span></span>}}, {{cog|ne|इ}} Nepali इ (i), {{cog|or|ଇ}} Odia ଇ (i) Head templates: {{head|gu|particle|tr=aj}} જ • (aj)
  1. an emphatic particle: indeed, truly, really, certainly
    Sense id: en-જ-gu-particle-AMfWPLHk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "જ • (ja)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gujarati",
  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The eighth consonant in Gujarati."
      ],
      "id": "en-જ-gu-character-nlBjDsgf",
      "links": [
        [
          "consonant",
          "consonant"
        ],
        [
          "Gujarati",
          "Gujarati"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "જ"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-ogu",
        "3": "जि",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Gujarati जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-ogu",
        "3": "जि"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-apa",
        "3": "जि"
      },
      "expansion": "Apabhramsa जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "pra",
        "3": "𑀚𑁂𑀯"
      },
      "expansion": "Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "ए॒व"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit ए॒व (evá)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Turner, Ralph Lilley (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1969–1985), “ēvá¹”, in <cite>A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages</cite>, London: Oxford University Press, page 121</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ne",
        "2": "इ"
      },
      "expansion": "Nepali इ (i)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "or",
        "2": "ଇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Odia ଇ (i)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji), इजि (iji), ज (ja), इ (i), from Apabhramsa जि (ji), from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva), 𑀚𑁂𑀯𑁆𑀯 (jĕvva), from Sanskrit ए॒व (evá). Cognate with Nepali इ (i), Odia ଇ (i).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "aj"
      },
      "expansion": "જ • (aj)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gujarati",
  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey, I am right here!",
          "roman": "are hũ ahī̃j chũ!",
          "text": "અરે, હું અહીં જ છું!",
          "translation": "Hey, I am right here!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an emphatic particle: indeed, truly, really, certainly"
      ],
      "id": "en-જ-gu-particle-AMfWPLHk",
      "links": [
        [
          "emphatic",
          "emphatic#English"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ],
        [
          "certainly",
          "certainly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əd͡ʒ/",
      "note": "after a consonant",
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒ/",
      "note": "after a vowel",
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "જ"
}
{
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    "Gujarati lemmas",
    "Gujarati letters",
    "Gujarati particles",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Apabhramsa",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Prakrit",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Apabhramsa",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Prakrit",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "જ • (ja)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gujarati",
  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The eighth consonant in Gujarati."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consonant",
          "consonant"
        ],
        [
          "Gujarati",
          "Gujarati"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "જ"
}

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    "Gujarati entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gujarati lemmas",
    "Gujarati particles",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Apabhramsa",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Prakrit",
    "Gujarati terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Apabhramsa",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Old Gujarati",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Prakrit",
    "Gujarati terms inherited from Sanskrit",
    "Gujarati terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-ogu",
        "3": "जि",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Gujarati जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-ogu",
        "3": "जि"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "inc-apa",
        "3": "जि"
      },
      "expansion": "Apabhramsa जि (ji)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "pra",
        "3": "𑀚𑁂𑀯"
      },
      "expansion": "Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "ए॒व"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit ए॒व (evá)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Turner, Ralph Lilley (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1969–1985), “ēvá¹”, in <cite>A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages</cite>, London: Oxford University Press, page 121</span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ne",
        "2": "इ"
      },
      "expansion": "Nepali इ (i)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "or",
        "2": "ଇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Odia ଇ (i)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Gujarati जि (ji), इजि (iji), ज (ja), इ (i), from Apabhramsa जि (ji), from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀯 (jeva), 𑀚𑁂𑀯𑁆𑀯 (jĕvva), from Sanskrit ए॒व (evá). Cognate with Nepali इ (i), Odia ଇ (i).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "aj"
      },
      "expansion": "જ • (aj)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gujarati",
  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Gujarati terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hey, I am right here!",
          "roman": "are hũ ahī̃j chũ!",
          "text": "અરે, હું અહીં જ છું!",
          "translation": "Hey, I am right here!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an emphatic particle: indeed, truly, really, certainly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emphatic",
          "emphatic#English"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle#English"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ],
        [
          "certainly",
          "certainly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əd͡ʒ/",
      "note": "after a consonant",
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒ/",
      "note": "after a vowel",
      "tags": [
        "Gujarati",
        "Standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "જ"
}

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