گج

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See also: گچ, کخ, and کج

Urdu

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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گَج (gajm (Hindi spelling गज) (rare)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: ہاتھی (hāthī)

References

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  • گج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “گج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “گج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC