# gaja
## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːdʒə

### Noun

gaja (plural gajas)
* (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
* (chaturanga) A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
** (chess) A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
    Synonyms: elephant, hastin
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### Anagrams

* ajag

## Coastal Kadazan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

### Noun

gaja
* elephant

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From English gay, French gai, Italian gaio. Doublet of geja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aja
* Hyphenation: ga‧ja

### Adjective

gaja (accusative singular gajan, plural gajaj, accusative plural gajajn)
* gay, merry, glad
    Antonym: malgaja

#### Derived terms

* gajega (“jolly; jovial”)

#### Descendants

* Ido: gaya

## Kimaragang
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

### Noun

gaja
* elephant
    Synonym: godingan

## Ledo Kaili
### Etymology

From Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Noun

gaja
* elephant

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant”).

### Noun

gaja
* elephant
    Synonyms: aliman, asti, dipak, dwipa, dwipak, dwipāṅga, dwipendra, dwirada, dwiradarāja, dwirĕge, gaja, gajah, haliman, hasti, ibha, kuñjara, liman, mantĕṅga, mātaṅga, matĕṅga, nāga, pataṅgi, sāmaja, tuṅgaṅan, wāhana, wāraṇa

#### Alternative forms

* gajah

#### Derived terms

* agaja
* agaja-gajahan
* agajah
* agajah
* gagajah
* gajah-gajahan
* ginajah
* pagajah
* pagajahan
* paṅgaja
* paṅgajah

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah) (inherited)
* → Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)

### Further reading

* "gaja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
* गज (Devanagari script)
* গজ (Bengali script)
* ගජ (Sinhalese script)
* ဂဇ or ၷၹ (Burmese script)
* คช or คะชะ (Thai script)
* ᨣᨩ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄຊ or ຄະຊະ (Lao script)
* គជ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄎 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀕𑀚 (gaja), 𑀕𑀬 (gaya).

### Noun

gaja m
* elephant
    Synonyms: karin, hatthin, nāga, mātaṅga

#### Descendants

* Khmer: គជ (kĕəʼcĕəʼ)

### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gaja”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 240
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 211

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ʒɐ/

### Noun

gaja f (plural gajas)
* female equivalent of gajo
* (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) chick, bird, broad, bitch (a woman)
** 2015, dB + PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:Tu és a minha gaja És a minha gaja Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que hajaYou're my chick You're my chick Without any shadow of a doubt there is

#### Derived terms

* gajedo

## Soninke
### Verb

gaja
* to fight

#### Related terms

gajanŋaana (warrior)

#### References

1. Soninke Lexicon