جَاهٌ
1.
Rank, station, or dignity, (S, K, TA, and JK in article وجه,) with, or in the estimation of, the Sultán; (JK, TA;) as also
جَاهَةٌ, (K,) on the authority of Lh, (TA, as from the K, [but not in my copies,]) or, according to Sgh, of Ks.: the former word [probably arabicized from the Persian جَاهْ; but] said to be formed by transposition from وَجْهٌ; this being first changed to جَوْهٌ; then, to جَوَهٌ; and then, to جَاهٌ: or, according to Lh, it is not from وَجْهٌ, but from جُهْت [apparently جُهْتُ, first pers. singular of جَاهَ, q. v.]; though he does not explain what is جُهْت. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو
جَاهٍ [Such a one is possessed of rank, station, or dignity]. (S.) And لِفُلَانٍ جَاهٌ فِيهِمْ
To such a one belongs rank, station, or dignity, among them. (Aboo-Bekr, TA.) The diminutive of جَاهٌ [or of جَاهَةٌ] is
جُوَيْهَةٌ. (TA.)
2.
جَاهِ, indecl., with kesr for its termination; and, according to As, sometimes, جَاهٍ, with tenween; (S;) or جَاهِ جَاهِ, (JK, K,) and جَاهٍ جَاهٍ, and جَاهْ جَاهْ, (Lh, K,) and جُوه
جُوه, or جَوْه جَوْه, (according to different copies of the K, but) indecl., with kesr for the termination, [i. e. جُوهِ جُوهِ, or جَوْهِ جَوْهِ,] mentioned in the M, (TA,) and
جَاهِ لَا جِهْتَ, (IDrd, TA, [see 1,]) ejaculations used for chiding a he-camel, not a she-camel: (As, JK, IDrd, S, K:) or one says to a she-camel, عَاجٍ and جَاهٍ. (A 'Obeyd, TA in article عوج: [or perhaps there is an omission here: I think it more likely that what A 'Obeyd said was that one says to a she-camel عَاجٍ, and to a he-camel جَاهٍ.])