জই

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Old Bengali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀇 (jaï). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘕𑘺𑘽 (jaiṃ), Old Punjabi ਜੇ (je), Old Gujarati जइ (jaï). In modern Bengali, completely replaced by the tatsama যদি (jodi).

Conjunction

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জই (jaï)

  1. if, when
    • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 46:
      মোহ-বিমুক্কা জই মণা ।
      তবেঁ তুটই অবণা-গমণা ॥
      moha-bimukkā jaï maṇā.
      tabẽ tuṭaï abaṇā-gamaṇā.
      When the mind is free of illusion,
      it is free of coming and going.

Further reading

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  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 737
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[2], volume 309, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 602