جا

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See also: خا and چا

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

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  1. to come (“To move from further away to nearer to”)

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian jʾy (ǰāy, “place”), late form of gyʾg (gyāg, “place”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for more.

Noun

جا • (jâ)

  1. place
  2. space
  3. location
  4. seat
  5. (dialectal) bed, mattress, bedding
    جاتو جمع کن.
    Jâto jam kon.
    Remove your mattress(, blanket, bedsheet, etc).

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “jʾy”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page gyʾg
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