gajah

Borrowed from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

gajah

1. elephant (mammal)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.d͡ʒah/

gajah

1. elephant

• gadjah (1947-1972)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡad͡ʒah/ [ˈɡa.d͡ʒah]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒah
• Syllabification: ga‧jah

gajah (first-person possessive gajahku, second-person possessive gajahmu, third-person possessive gajahnya)

1. elephant (mammal)
2. (chess) bishop
3. (figurative) big-sized objects

• liman

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

• “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.

gajah

1. Romanization of ꦒꦗꦃ

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

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

gajah (Jawi spelling ݢَاْجَهْ)

1. elephant (mammal)

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡa.d͡ʒah]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒah, -ah
• Hyphenation: ga‧jah

• Audio (Malaysia):

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gajah (Jawi spelling ݢاجه, plural gajah-gajah, informal 1st possessive gajahku, 2nd possessive gajahmu, 3rd possessive gajahnya)

1. An elephant; a type of mammal.

   Gajah mempunyai kulit tebal.

   Elephants have thick skin.

2. (sports) The bishop piece in chess.
3. (in certain compound nouns) A giant.

   Antonym: padi

   nyamuk gajah ― giant mosquito

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

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

• 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

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

gajah

1. Alternative spelling of gaja (“elephant”)

gajah

1. Romanization of ᮌᮏᮂ