ᬚᬶᬯ
Balinese
noun
Definitions
- life
- soul
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (life, existence, living, chord, soul, sine, existing, alive, etc, long live) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷih₃wós
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jiva English
- jivatma English
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- आत्मन् Sanskrit
- जीव Sanskrit
- जीवात्मन् Sanskrit
- ज्या Sanskrit
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- -जी Hindi
- चिरंजीव Hindi
- जी Hindi
- जीव Hindi
- ชีพ Thai
- -జీ Telugu
- జీవశాకము Telugu
- జీవాధారము Telugu
- jiwa Malay
- জীৱ Assamese
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- jīva Pali
- જીવ Gujarati
- નિર્જીવ Gujarati
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- जीव Marathi
- ជីព Central Khmer
- ជីវៈ Central Khmer
- *ȷ́iHwás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- jiwa Javanese
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- ಜೀವ Kannada
- जीव Konkani
- 𑀚𑀻𑀯 Ashokan Prakrit
- ଜୀବ Oriya
- ජීවය Sinhala, Sinhalese
- *gīˀwás bat-pro