What does -jay in Indian mean? It must be a positive, masculin name to have in India, because I tend to see it alot (example: Sanjay, Zeejay, Jayjay).
What does it mean?

Victory i think

Jay - Male

Jaya - Female

Lego, there's no such language as Indian.



Yeah, it comes from Sanskrit.

I mean... Hindu. And thx to clarify. ><

No, no. There is no such language as Hindu. A Hindu is a follower of Hinduism.

There are tons of Indian languages; it differs from state to state. I think you meant Hindi.

Hindu/Hinduism is a religion

Sanskrit is oldest written language in the world all the chantings and prayers are done in Sanskrit in hinduism

ahh, so it's Sanskrit. I actually thought you meant a font.

haha, I'm such a fool.

LOL

i hear so many people be calling hindu a language- or even say indian is a language



lol never saw that post before i wrote about hearing people calling "indian" a language

jay's are jerks except for my baby jay

http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/ammachi...eaning-jai.html

^ Now that's a good explanation.

LOL, my Javanese friend name is Jaya yet he is a male

An ancient kingdom in Sumatera region is called Srivijaya. It is a Tantrik Buddhist Maritime kingdom.

Both Jai and Jaya have same meaning (salutation/ victory), the difference is in pronunciation.

@ Sono - Is Jaya a male only name in SE Asia or females also sometimes have this name?

Hmm, I just find that it is only used by male if we talk about Javanese community since they are still thick with Hindu Kejawen practice, but I think females too can use it, like my Tamil friend name, Vijeyebharati. That Jaya is pronounced in Javanese as Doyo or Joyo.

By the way I am a Thai speaker beside speaking Malay as my second language. Jaya is pronounced as Chaiy ชัย in Thai like in Om Chaiyya Mangkala, this one is the slogan used by ancient warriors when they are in the battle. Also in surname like ชัยพร, Chaiyporn (Jayapara), a Kshatrian surname means victory blessing. Usually word Jay is combined with other word as in a male given name ศุภชัย, Supachaiy (Shupjay).

So Sanjaya, like Sanjaya Malakar― that's the female version of Sanjay? like Sanjay Gupta?

I think it's interesting how Sanskrit has left influence in so many languages.

About Sanjaya and Sanjay both are one and same. Some write it Sanjaya and some Sanjay in english, its like Ramayan and Ramayana.

Interesting, thanks for sharing. There is only subtle differences in male and females names, ultimately feminine sounding names are for females and masculine names for males.