# गज
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡəd͡ʒ/, [ɡɐd͡ʒ]

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

#### Noun

गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)
* elephant
    Synonym: हाथी (hāthī)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian گز (gaz).

#### Noun

गज • (gaj) m (Urdu spelling گج)
* Alternative spelling of गज़ (gaz): gudge: a historic unit of length equivalent to sixteen girah, redefined under British occupation as exactly equal to a yard

##### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marwari
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Noun

गज (gaj) m
* elephant

#### Synonyms

* गयंद (gayãnd)

### Further reading

* Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 80

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

### Noun

गज • (gaja) m
* elephant

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* gaja (Latin script)
* 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi 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)

### Noun

गज m
* Devanagari script form of gaja (“elephant”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* গজ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬚ (Balinese script)
* গজ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
* ဂဇ (Burmese script)
* ગજ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਜ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌜 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦗ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂔 (Kaithi script)
* ಗಜ (Kannada script)
* គជ (Khmer script)
* ຄຊ (Lao script)
* ഗജ (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘕 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐖 (Newa script)
* ଗଜ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢙ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆘 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖕 (Siddham script)
* ගජ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩣 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚑 (Takri script)
* க³ஜ (Tamil script)
* గజ (Telugu script)
* คช (Thai script)
* ག་ཛ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain, possibly substrate, origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

### Noun

गज • (gaja) stem, m
* elephant
    Synonyms: हस्तिन् (hastin), नाग (nāga), कुञ्जर (kuñjara)
* (chaturanga) gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess
** (chess) bishop

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* महागज (mahāgaja)

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)
* Pali: gaja
** → Thai: คชา (ká-chaa), คช (kót)
* → Acehnese: gajah
* → Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)
* → Banjarese: gajah
* → Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ (gaja)
* → Bikol Central: gagdya
* → Cebuano: gadya
* → Chinese: 伽耶 (qiéyé)
* → Gorontalo: gaja
* → Hiligaynon: gadyo
* → Hindi: गज (gaj)
* → Ilocano: gadia
* → Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah)
* → Kannada: ಗಜ (gaja)
* → Ledo Kaili: gaja
* → Kapampangan: gagdia
* → Madurese: ꦓꦙ (ghajha)
* → Malay: gajah
** Indonesian: gajah
** → Bikol Central: gadyâ
** → Cebuano: gadyâ
** → Maguindanao: gajah
** → Tagalog: gadya
** → Tausug: gadja
* → Malayalam: ഗജം (gajaṁ)
* → Minangkabau: gajah
* → Old Gujarati: गज (gaja)
* → Marwari: गज (gaj) (learned)
* → Molbog: gaja
* → Brooke's Point Palawano: gadya
* → Sasak: gajah
* → Sika: glajak
* → Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ (gajah)
* → Tagalog: gadya
* → Tamil: கஜம் (kajam)
* → Telugu: గజము (gajamu)
* → Tulu: ಗಜ (gaja)
* → Urdu: گج (gaj)
* → Waray-Waray: gadya
* → Wolio: gaja
* → English: gaja (learned)

### References

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gaja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gaja- - ganá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 458