# gajah
## Acehnese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Noun

gajah
* elephant (mammal)

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja) (compare Malay gajah).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.d͡ʒah/

### Noun

gajah
* elephant

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* gadjah (1947–1972)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒah]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
* Syllabification: ga‧jah

### Noun

gajah (plural gajah-gajah)
* elephant (mammal)
* (chess) bishop
* (figurative) big-sized objects

#### Synonyms

* liman (dialectal, uncommon)

#### See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) :
| raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |

### Further reading

* “gajah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

gajah
* Romanization of ꦒꦗꦃ

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒʌh]
* Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
* Syllabification: ga‧jah

### Noun

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢَاْجَهْ)
* elephant (mammal)

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Partially displaced liman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡa.d͡ʒah]
* Rhymes: -d͡ʒah, -ah
* Hyphenation: ga‧jah
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah, informal 1st possessive gajahku, 2nd possessive gajahmu, 3rd possessive gajahnya)
* An elephant; a type of mammal.
    Gajah mempunyai kulit tebal.Elephants have thick skin.
* (sports) The bishop piece in chess.
* (in certain compound nouns) A giant.
    Antonym: padi
    nyamuk gajah ― giant mosquito

#### Affixations

* bergajah (“to ride an elephant”)
* gajah-gajahan (“to play chess; elephantisis”)
* menggajah (“to appear big”)

#### Compounds

* badak gajah
* gajah Afrika
* gajah Asia
* gajah bara
* gajah barat
* gajah guling
* gajah India
* gajah lalang
* gajah laut
* gajah menung
* gajah menyusu
* gajah mina
* gajah patah
* gajah tunggal
* nyamuk gajah

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: gajah
* → Bikol Central: gadyâ
* → Cebuano: gadyâ
* → Maguindanao: gajah
* → Tagalog: gadya
* → Tausug: gadja

#### See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) :
| raja, syah راج, شاه | bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو | benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير | gajah ݢاجه | kuda کودا | bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون |

### References

* Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎, Brill, 2023, →ISBN, page 39
* Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, pages 65-6
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݣاجه gadjah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 98
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢاجه gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 557
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gajah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 318

### Further reading

* “gajah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Noun

gajah
* Alternative spelling of gaja (“elephant”)

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Noun

gajah (Sundanese script ᮌᮏᮂ)
* elephant