جا

See also: خا and چا

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Verb

1. to come

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Template:acw-rootbox From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː/

Verb

جا • (jā) I (non-past يجي (yiji))

1. to come
2. to arrive

   Synonym: وَصَل (waṣal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا (jā)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت (jīt)	جيت (jīt)	جا (jā)		جينا (jīna)	جيتوا (jītu)	جوا (jō)
	f		جيتي (jīti)	جات (jāt)
non-past	m	أجي (aji)	تجي (tiji)	يجي (yiji)		نجي (niji)	تجوا (tiju)	يجوا (yiju)
	f		تجي (tiji)	تجي (tiji)
imperative	m		تعال (taʿāl)				تعالوا (taʿālu)
	f		تعالي (taʿāli)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ي ي
5 terms

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa/

Verb

جا • (ja) I (non-past يجي (yiji))

1. to come
2. to suit (to be suitable or apt for one's image) Template:+preo

Conjugation

Conjugation of جا
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جيت (jīt)	جيتي (jīti)	جا (ja)		جينا (jīna)	جيتوا (jītu)	جاوا (jāw)
	f			جات (jāt)
non-past	m	نجي (nji)	تجي (tji)	يجي (yiji)		نجيوا (njīw)	تجيوا (tjīw)	يجيوا (yijīw)
	f		تجي (tji)	تجي (tji)
imperative	m		أجي (ʔaji)				أجيوا (ʔajīw)
	f		أجي (ʔaji)

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Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	j
Dari reading?	j
Iranian reading?	j
Tajik reading?	j

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).

Derived terms

• اینجا (injâ)
• آنجا (ânjâ), اونجا (unjâ)
• کجا (kojâ)
• جابجا (jâbejâ)

References

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