जगह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh), جاگه (jāgah), from جا (jā), جای (jāy, “place”) + گاه (-gāh, “location suffix”). Cognate with Assamese জেগা (zega), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Gujarati જગ્યા (jagyā), Marathi जागा (jāgā), Nepali जग्गा (jaggā), Old Deccani جاگاہ (jāgāh), Odia ଜାଗା (jāgā), Punjabi ਜਗ੍ਹਾ (jaghā).

The shortening of the vowels may be due to influence from जगत् (jagat, “world”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɡäː], /d͡ʒə.ɡəɦ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɡɛʱ]

Noun

जगह • (jagah) f (Urdu spelling جگہ)

1. place, site

   Synonym: स्थान (sthān)

   हम कौनसी जगह आ गये?

   ham kaunsī jagah ā gaye?

   Where have we come?

   (literally, “What place have we come to?”)

2. space, room, space

   मेट्रो में कभी बैठने की जगह नहीं मिलती।

   meṭro mẽ kabhī baiṭhne kī jagah nahī̃ miltī.

   One can never find a space to sit in the metro.

   जगह छोड़ना ― jagah choṛnā ― to leave room

3. vacancy (e.g. for a job)

Declension

Declension of जगह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जगह jagah	जगहें jagahẽ
oblique	जगह jagah	जगहों jagahõ
vocative	जगह jagah	जगहो jagaho

Derived terms

• जगह-जगह (jagah-jagah)