جے

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi جے (je), from Sanskrit यदि (yadi).

Pronunciation

Pakistan:

• (Gujrat region) IPA^(key): [ʝeː]

Conjunction

جے • (je) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇ)

1. if, on condition that

Etymology 2

Verb

جے • (je) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇ)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of اے (e).

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جے”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “جے”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Ushojo

Postposition

جے (jē)

1. of