English word origin

Etymology of Gaya

Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

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Source etymology 1

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name

A Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. · The presumed language of the Gaya confederacy.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mention가야ko

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Source etymology 2

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name

A city and district of Bihar, India.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionगयाhi
Derivation mentionगयाsa

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