what; how
Ji (adjective-suffix) [From jayati to conquer] winning, victorious: saṅgāma° victorious in fight, in saṅgāmaj'-uttama "greatest of conquerors" Dhp 103; sabba° S IV 83.
1) interrogative particle. what, which. 2) whatever, whichever. 3) how much, however, much, many
1. ji cl. 1. ja/yati , °te ( impf. a/jayat ; aor. ajEzIt , Ved. a/jEs , 1. pl. a/jEzma , je/zma , 2. sg. jes and Ā. je/zi Subj. je/zat , °zas , °zAma , RV. ; aor. Ā. ajezwa ; fut. 1st. je/tA , RV. &c.; fut. 2nd. jezya/ti , x, 34, 6 &c.; pf. jigA/ya [ Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57 ], jigeTa , jigyur ; p. jigIva/s [ °giva/s , TS. i, 7, 8, 4 ; acc. pl. °gyu/zas ] RV. &c.; Inf. jize/ , i, 111, 4 and 112, 12 ; je/tave , TBr. ii ; Class. jetum : Pass. jIyate , ajIyata [ Ragh. xi, 65 ], ajAyi , jAyizyate ; for jI/yate and cl. 9. jinA/ti See √ jyA ) to win or acquire (by conquest or in gambling), conquer (in battle), vanquish (in a game or lawsuit), defeat, excel, surpass, RV. &c. (with pu/nar , ‘to reconquer’, TS. vi, 3, 1, 1 ); to conquer (the passions), overcome or remove (any desire or difficulties or diseases), Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to expel from ( abl. ), ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 17 ; to win anything ( acc. ) from ( acc. ), vanquish anyone ( acc. ) in a game ( acc. ), ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 28 ; xiv, 6, 8, 1 and 12 ; MBh. iii ; Daś. ; Pāṇ. i, 4, 51 ; Siddh. ; to be victorious, gain the upper hand, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. iii ; MuṇḍUp. ; Mn. vii, 201 ; MBh. ; often pr. in the sense of an Impv. ‘long live!’ ‘glory to’, Śak. ; VarBṛS. ; Laghuj. ; Bhartṛ. &c.: Caus. jApayati ( Pāṇ. vi, 1, 48 and vii, 3, 36 ) to cause to win, VS. ix, 11 f. ; ( aor. 2. pl. a/jIjipata and a/jIjap° ), TS. i, 7, 8, 4 and ŚBr. v, 1, 5, 11 f. ; ĀśvŚr. ix, 9 ; to conquer, MBh. vii, 66, 6 ( aor. ajIjayat ) : Pass. jApyate , to be made to conquer, W. : Desid. ji/gIzati , °te ( Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57 ; p. °zat , °zamARa ) to wish to win or obtain or conquer or excel, AV. xi, 5, 18 ; TS. ii ; ŚBr. ; ŚāṅkhŚr. ; MBh. &c.; ( Ā. ) to seek for prey, RV. x, 4, 3 : Intens. jejIyate , Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57 , Kāś.
ji 1 P. ( Atm. when preceded, by parA and vi ) ( jayati, jigAya jigye ajEzIt-ajezwa, jetuM, jita ) 1 To conquer, defeat, overcome, vanquish, subjugate; jayati tulAmaDirUQo BAsvAnapi jaladapawalAni Pt. 1. 330 ; Bk. 15. 76 , 19. 2. 2 To surpass, excel; ( pb ) garjitAnaMtarAM vfzwiM sOBAgyena jigAya sA Ku. 2. 53 ; R. 3. 34 ; Ghaṭ. 22 ; Śi. 1. 19. 3 To win (by conquest, in gambling or in a law-suit), acquire by conquest; prAgajIyata GfRA tato mahI R. 11. 65 ; (where ji means ‘to conquer’ also); Ms. 7. 96. 4 To curb, restrain, control, conquer (as passions). 5 To be victorious, be supreme or pre-eminent (generally used in benedictory stanzas or salutations); jayatu jayatu mahArAjaH (in dramas). sa jayati pariRadDaH SaktiBiH SaktinATaH Māl. 5. 1 ; jitamuqupatinA namaH sureByaH Ratn. 1. 5 ; Bh. 2. 24 ; Gīt. 1. 1. 6 To convict. 7 To overcome or get the better of (as a disease &c.). 8 To expect from (with abl. ). — Caus. ( jApayati ) To cause to win or conquer. — Desid. ( jigIzati ) To wish to win, acquire or excel, to vie with, emulate, to seek for; calati nayAnna jigIzatAM hi cetaH Ki. 10. 29. -WITH aDi to conquer, defeat, vanquish; Bk. 19. 2.
(adj, adj, in comps, from jināti) winning; victorious; conquering Construction: √ji + i