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{{also|Gaja|gāja|gają|Gają}}
==English==
{{wp|Gaja}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|sa|गज्}}
{{translit|en|sa|गज|t=elephant; gaja}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɑː.d͡ʒə/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-gaja.oga|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑːdʒə|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Hinduism}}{{topic|en|Elephants}} {{ng|The sacred name for the [[elephant]]}}
# {{lb|en|chaturanga}}{{topic|en|Board games}} A [[chaturanga]] [[piece]] ancestral to the medieval [[fil]] and modern [[bishop]]; {{lit|elephant|nocap=1}}
## {{lb|en|chess}} A [[fairy piece]] based on the gaja as used in chaturanga
#: {{syn|en|elephant|hastin}}

{{rfquote|en}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aagj|ajag}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{der|eo|en|gay}}, {{der|eo|fr|gai}}, {{der|eo|it|gaio}}. {{doublet|eo|geja}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-gaja.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{eo-head}}

# [[gay]], [[merry]], [[glad]]
#: {{ant|eo|malgaja}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|eo|gajega|t=jolly; jovial}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|io|gaya}}

{{eo BRO|4}}

==Ledo Kaili==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|lew|ms|gajah}}, ultimately from {{der|lew|sa|गज}}.

===Noun===
{{head|lew|noun}}

# {{topic|lew|Elephants}}[[elephant]]

==Old Javanese==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|kaw|sa|गज|t=elephant}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kaw|noun}}
# [[elephant]]
#: {{syn|kaw|aliman|asti|dipak|dwipa|dwipak|dwipāṅga|dwipendra|dwirada|dwiradarāja|dwirĕge|gaja|gajah|haliman|hasti|ibha|kuñjara|liman|mantĕṅga|mātaṅga|matĕṅga|nāga|pataṅgi|sāmaja|tuṅgaṅan|wāhana|wāraṇa}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|kaw|gajah}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|kaw|
| gagajah 
| agajah 
| agaja 
| agajah 
| ginajah 
| gajah-gajahan 
| agaja-gajahan 
| pagajah 
| pagajahan
| paṅgaja
| paṅgajah
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|inh=1|jv|ꦒꦗꦃ}} 
* {{desc|bor=1|ban|ᬕᬚᬄ|tr=gajah}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Zoetmulder 1982}}

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|pi|sa|गज}}. Cognate with {{cog|pra|𑀕𑀚}}, {{m|pra|𑀕𑀬}}.

===Noun===
{{pi-noun|m}}

# [[elephant]]
#: {{syn|pi|karin|hatthin|nāga|mātaṅga}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|km|គជ}}

===References===
* {{R:pi:PTS||240}}
* {{R:CDIAL|hw=1|pg=211}}

{{c|pi|Mammals}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{female equivalent of|pt|gajo}}
# {{lb|pt|informal|sometimes|derogatory|chiefly|Portugal|}} {{l|en|chick|id=Q3031}}, {{l|en|bird|id=Q3031}}, {{l|en|broad|id=female}}, {{l|en|bitch|id=female}} {{gl|a woman}}
#* {{quote-song
|pt
|title=Tu és a minha gaja
|author=dB + PZ
|year=2015
|passage=Tu és a minha '''gaja'''<br>És a minha '''gaja'''<br>Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja
|translation=You're my '''chick'''<br>You're my '''chick'''<br>Without any shadow of a doubt there is}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|pt|gajedo}}

{{C|pt|People}}

==Soninke==

===Verb===
{{head|snk|verb}}

# to fight

====Related terms====
[[gajanŋaana]] (warrior)

====References====
1. [https://www.asawan.org/en/Soninke_lexicon Soninke Lexicon]