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gaja

/ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/

gaja noun: the sacred name for the elephant.

Noun

gaja (plural gajas)

  1. (Hinduism) The sacred name for the elephant
  2. A chaturanga piece ancestral to the medieval fil and modern bishop; literally, “elephant”
    Synonyms:
    elephant, hastin
    1. A fairy piece based on the gaja as used in chaturanga

gaja meaning in Sanskrit

gaja in Sanskrit

gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess
गज gaja

Synonyms of gaja

Forms of gaja

pluralgajas

Origin of gaja

Transliteration of Sanskrit गज (gaja, “elephant; gaja”).

Words that rhyme with gaja

Questions about gaja

What does gaja mean?
Gaja means the sacred name for the elephant.
What is gaja in Sanskrit?
Gaja in Sanskrit is गज (gaja). See Gaja meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is gaja?
Gaja is a noun.
How do you pronounce gaja?
Gaja is pronounced /ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/.
What is the plural of gaja?
The plural of gaja is gajas.

Words near gaja in the dictionary

  1. Gaitskells
  2. Gaius
  3. gaiwan
  4. gaiwans
  5. gaj
  6. gaja
  7. Gajan
  8. Gajanan
  9. Gajanana
  10. Gajapati
  11. gajas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaja (page history and authors); गज (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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