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Jaya

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Jaya

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Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).

proper noun

  1. India A female given name from Sanskrit.
  2. One of the demigod gatekeepers (the other being Vijaya) of the abode of Vishnu.
  3. The twenty-seventh year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

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"Jaya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jaya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Jaya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jaya

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"Jaya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jaya.

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@misc{jaya_2026,
  title = {Jaya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jaya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}