Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun India A female given name.
  • proper noun mythology One of the demigod gatekeepers (the other being Vijaya) of the abode of Vishnu.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Sanskrit जय ("victory").

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Jaya.

Examples

  • 2010/04/19 PETALING JAYA: Hulu Selangor Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) treasurer Datuk Dr Halili Rahmat quit the party ingyeen@thestar.com.my AN illegal factory in the Taman Taming Jaya industrial park in Seri Kembangan was sealed and its operator slapped with three notices by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj).

    WN.com - Articles related to Animal cruelty laws need more bite 2010

  • 2010/04/19 PETALING JAYA: Hulu Selangor Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) treasurer Datuk Dr Halili Rahmat quit the party ingyeen@thestar.com.my AN illegal factory in the Taman Taming Jaya industrial park in Seri Kembangan was sealed and its operator slapped with three notices by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj).

    WN.com - Articles related to Animal cruelty laws need more bite 2010

  • Without a word Jaya pushed the bag toward her mother, watching steadily as her mother unwrapped the colored tissue paper, and the brooch and earrings dropped into her palm.

    Tell us we’re home Martina Budhos 2010

  • Without a word Jaya pushed the bag toward her mother, watching steadily as her mother unwrapped the colored tissue paper, and the brooch and earrings dropped into her palm.

    Tell us we’re home Martina Budhos 2010

  • SAN FRANCISCO - The name Jaya in Hindi means victorious.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • Bollywood has the best paean to these knifey heroes in Jaya Bhaduri's knife-sharpener cameo in the 1973 hit 'Zanjeer.'

    Boing Boing 2007

  • I knew I hadn't so I called Jaya and asked her to show me how she turned the tap on.

    tequilamonky Diary Entry tequilamonky 2009

  • Pay Less in Jaya Supermarket has closed down, sadly.

    Pay Less, Read More Sharon Bakar 2006

  • According to The Department of the Environment, the API here in Petaling Jaya is 349.

    Smoggier Still ... Sharon Bakar 2005

  • According to The Department of the Environment, the API here in Petaling Jaya is 349.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.