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(key): /ɡa.d͡ʒah/ === Noun === gajah elephant == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === gadjah (1947–1972) === Etymology === From Malay gajah, from Classical Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Displaced native liman. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒah] Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah Syllabification: ga‧jah === Noun === gajah (plural gajah-gajah) elephant (mammal) (chess) bishop (figurative) big-sized objects ==== Synonyms ==== liman (dialectal, uncommon) ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “gajah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒʌh] Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah Syllabification: ga‧jah === Noun === gajah (Jawi spelling ݢَاْجَهْ) elephant (mammal) == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja). Mostly displaced native liman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒah] Rhymes: -d͡ʒah, -ah Hyphenation: ga‧jah === Noun === gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah or gajah2) An elephant. (chess) The bishop piece in chess. === Adjective === gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, comparative lebih gajah, superlative paling gajah) (in certain compound nouns) giant, huge. Antonym: padi nyamuk gajah ― giant mosquito ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: gajah (inherited) → Cebuano: gadyâ → Central Bikol: gadyâ → Maguindanao: gajah → Tagalog: gadya → Tausug: gadja ==== See also ==== === References === Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎[1], 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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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