jai

/ (dʒæ) /

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interjection

Indian victory (to)

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Word Origin for jai

Hindi jaya victory

Words nearby jai

Jahel, Jahveh, Jahvism, Jahvist, Jahwism, jai, jai alai, Jai Hind, jail, jailbait, jailbird

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How to use jai in a sentence

During the ride, Jai Johany plays lacy Afro jazz on a cassette machine, frowning, saying nothing.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Early the next morning, “Frown,” Jai Johany Johnson, is living up to his nickname in the hotel restaurant.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes a little jai alai in the living room with ripe guavas for balls and live pelicans for baskets.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scalloped verandas and cupolas which create the effect of the kind of castle a child imagines, were the innovations of Jai.
Living Like a Maharajah|Daily Beast Promotions|January 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Touchingly the Princess lived at Lilypond, her property on the estate, after Jai's death in 1978, until her own last year.
Living Like a Maharajah|Daily Beast Promotions|January 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Some fine types of dials on a large scale exist in the observatories built by Jai Singh.
The Astronomy of the Bible|E. Walter Maunder
Thakur Jai Chand had an excellent jamadar whom he sent to meet the baggage coming from India.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
Rissalder Jai Singh was ordered to mount and ride forward with two sowars to bring the party to a halt.
The Great Mogul|Louis Tracy
Ere night fell, Jai Singh and a sowar made an extensive reconnaissance on horseback beyond the perimeter of the village.
The Great Mogul|Louis Tracy
And now the sowar was speeding to the agreed rendezvous to apprise Roger and Jai Singh that all had gone well thus far.
The Great Mogul|Louis Tracy