जई

Hindi[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit यविय (yáviya), यव्य (yávya, “consisting of grain”), from यव (yáva). Cognate with Bengali জই (joi).

जई • (jaī) f (Urdu spelling جئی)

Declension of जई (fem ind ī-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “जई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáviya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press