# ज

| ज | U+091C, &#2332; DEVANAGARI LETTER JA |
| ← छ [U+091B] | Devanagari | झ → [U+091D] |

## Translingual
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑə/, /d͡ʒə/, /d͡zə/

### Letter

ज (ja)
* a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

#### See also

Ligatures:
* ज्ञ (jña): ज + ञ

## Dhivehi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʒə]

### Letter

ज • (ja)
* The twenty-third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d͡ʒə/, [d͡ʒɐ]

### Letter

ज • (ja)
* the eighth consonant in Hindi

#### See also

* (nuqta form): ज़ (za)
* Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़

## Kullu Pahari
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɟ͡ʝ]

### Letter

ज (j)
* Used to represent the [ɟ͡ʝ] sound in Kullui.

## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑə/, /d͡zə/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

ज • (ja, j̈a)
* The seventh consonant in Marathi.

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡zʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: ज

### Letter

ज • (ja)
* The eighth consonant in Nepali.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জ (Assamese script)
* ᬚ (Balinese script)
* জ (Bengali script)
* 𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚 (Brahmi script)
* ဇ (Burmese script)
* જ (Gujarati script)
* ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜 (Grantha script)
* ꦗ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔 (Kaithi script)
* ಜ (Kannada script)
* ជ (Khmer script)
* ຊ (Lao script)
* ജ (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖 (Newa script)
* ଜ (Odia script)
* ꢙ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕 (Siddham script)
* ජ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑 (Takri script)
* ஜ (Tamil script)
* జ (Telugu script)
* ช (Thai script)
* ཛ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

#### Adjective

ज • (já) stem
* (at the end of a compound) born, begotten, gotten from; produced or caused by; born or produced in or at or upon; growing in; living at
* (after an adverb or adverbial word) born or produced
    अग्रज (ágra-já) — the first-born, an elder brother
    अनुज (ánu-já) — the later-born, a younger brother
    अवरज (ávara-já) — of low birth, inferior, younger
    अवरज (éka-já) — of low birth, inferior, younger, junior
    द्विज (dvi-já) — twice-born
    निज (ni-já) — innate, native
    पूर्वज (pū́rva-já) — first-born, elder; born or produced before or formerly, former, ancestor
    प्रथमज (prathamá-já) — firstborn, a firstling
    सहज (sahá-já) — born or produced together or at the same time as
    साकंज (sākaṃ-já) — being born together or at the same time
* prepared from, made of or with
* belonging to, connected with, peculiar to; borne
    अनूपज (anūpá-ja) — growing near the water, waterborne
    अन्नज (anna-ja) — springing from or occasioned by food, foodborne
    शक्रज (śakrá-ja) — Indra-born
    सार्थज (sā-rtha-ja) — born or reared in a caravan, tame

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps
* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* अज (aja)
* निज (nija)

#### Noun

ज • (já) stem, m
* son of (in compounds)
* father
* birth

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

ज • (já) stem
* speedy, swift
* victorious
* eaten

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps
* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

ज • (já) stem, m
* speed
* enjoyment
* light, lustre
* poison
* a पिशाच (piśāca, “fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being”)
* Vishnu
* Shiva
* a husband's brother's wife

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

## Sherpa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡z]

### Letter

ज (dz)
* Used to represent the [d͡z] sound in Sherpa.