# जय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d͡ʒəj/, [d͡ʒɐj], /d͡ʒɛː/

### Noun

जय • (jay) f
* victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt), फ़तह (fatah)

#### Declension
### Interjection

जय • (jay) (Urdu spelling جے)
* hail, glory, long live; victory to
    जय श्री राम! ― jay śrī rām! ― Hail Lord Rāma!
    जय हिन्द! ― jay hind! ― Victory to India!

#### See also

* जय श्री राम (jay śrī rām)
* जय हो (jay ho)
* ज़िन्दाबाद (zindābād)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑəj/

### Noun

जय • (jay) m
* victory, triumph
    Synonyms: विजय (vijay), जीत (jīt)
    Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

जय • (jay) m
* a male given name

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* jaya (Latin script)
* 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* জয (Bengali script)
* ජය (Sinhalese script)
* ဇယ or ၹယ (Burmese script)
* ชย or ชะยะ (Thai script)
* ᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊຍ or ຊະຍະ or ຊະຢະ (Lao script)
* ជយ (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Noun

जय m
* Devanagari script form of jaya

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জয় (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
* জয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဇယ (Burmese script)
* જય (Gujarati script)
* ਜਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಜಯ (Kannada script)
* ជយ (Khmer script)
* ຊຍ (Lao script)
* ജയ (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଜଯ (Odia script)
* ꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ජය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஜய (Tamil script)
* జయ (Telugu script)
* ชย (Thai script)
* ཛ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root जि (ji, “to win”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win, conquer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βῐ́ᾱ (bĭ́ā).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

### Noun

जय • (jayá) stem, m
* conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious (in battle or in playing with dice or in a lawsuit)
* (in the plural, paroxytone) name of particular verses causing victory (personified as deities)
* Premna spinosa or Premna longifolia
* a yellow variety of Vigna mungo ( <= Phaseolus mungo)
* name of the 3rd year of the 6th lustrum of the bṛhaspati cycle
* (music) a kind of flute
* (music) a kind of measure
* the sun
* Arjuna
* Indra
* name of a rishi (author of RV. x, 180 ; son of Angiras or of Indra; living under the 10th manu)
* name of a spirit
* name of an attendant of Vishnu
* name of a Nāga
* name of a Danava
* name of a son
* name of an ancient king (11th cakravartin in Bharata)
* name of a Pandava hero
* name of a Yudhisthira at Virata's court
* name of Aśoka in a former birth
* name of a carpenter
* Terminalia chebula
* नीलदूर्वा (nīla-dūrvā)
* for जपा (japā)
* name of a narcotic substance
* the 3rd or 8th or 13th day of either half-month
* one of the 7 flag-sticks of Indra's banner
* name of the saurā dharmāḥ
* name of Durga
* name of a daughter of Dakṣa
* name of yoginī
* name of Śakti
* name of a handmaid of Durga
* name of a Buddhist deity (= Tārā)
* of the mother of the 12th arhat of the present Avsarpini

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

* जयति (jayati)

#### Descendants

* Bengali: জয় (joẏ)
* → Chinese: 闍耶 / 阇耶
* → English: Jaya
* Gujarati: જાય (jāya)
* → Hindi: जय (jay)
* → Kannada: ಜಯ (jaya)
* → Khmer: ជយោ (cĕəʼyoo)
* → Lao: ໄຊ (sai)
* → Lü: ᦺᦋ (tsay)
* → Madurese: jhâjâ
* → Malay: jaya
** Indonesian: jaya
* → Malayalam: ജയാ (jayā)
* Marathi: जय (jay)
* Nepali: जय (jaya)
* Odia: ଜୟ (jaya)
* → Old Javanese: jaya
** Javanese: ꦗꦪ (jaya)
** → Balinese: ᬚᬬ (jaya)
* Pali: jaya
** → Khmer: ជ័យ (cɨy)
** → Burmese: ဇေယျ (jeyya.)
** → Mon: ဇၞး
** → Thai: ชัย (chai), ชโย (chayo) ไชโย (chaiyo)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੈ (jai)
    Shahmukhi script: جے (jay)
* → Tamil: ஜெயா (jeyā), ஜெய (jeya)
* → Telugu: జయ (jaya), జయము (jayamu)

### Adjective

जय • (jayá) stem
* (at the end of a compound) conquering, winning

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* ऋतंजय (ṛtáṃ-jaya)
* कृतंजय (kṛtáṃ-jaya)
* धनंजय (dhánaṃjayá)
* पुरंजय (puraṃ-jaya)
* मृत्युंजय (mṛtyúṃ-jaya)
* शल्रुंजय (śalruṃ-jaya)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “जय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0412/3.