No. 22 in Marathi
ज
The Marathi word "ज" represents the letter "J" or "Ja" in the Marathi alphabet.
In a sentence
जसा राजा तशी प्रजा.
As the king, so are the citizens.
'जसा' is used to draw a simile or likeness between two entities.
आज वातावरण चांगलं आहे ज.
Today the weather is nice.
'ज' is used as an emphasis at the end of the sentence, a feature in conversational Marathi.
तो जिथे जाईल तिथे मी जाईन.
Wherever he goes, I will go too.
'जिथे' is used to denote a conditional sense of location or situation.
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