ज़ीन

See also: जन, जना, जानु, जिन, जिना, ज़िना, जीन, जीना, जुना, जुने, जुनें, जून, ज़ून, जैन, जोन, and जौन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زین (zīn). First attested as Old Hindi जीन (jīna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ziːn/, [zĩːn], /d͡ʒiːn/, [d͡ʒĩːn]
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

ज़ीन • (zīn) m or f (Urdu spelling زِین)

1. saddle

   Synonyms: काठी (kāṭhī), पल्ययन (palyayan), पलान (palān), पर्याण (paryāṇ)

   Hyponym: कजावा (kajāvā, “camel's saddle”)

Declension

Declension of ज़ीन (masc cons-stem // fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़ीन zīn	ज़ीन, ज़ीनें zīn, zīnẽ
oblique	ज़ीन zīn	ज़ीनों zīnõ
vocative	ज़ीन zīn	ज़ीनो zīno

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “zi:n”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 245
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जीन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1766
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़ीन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 374
• Platts, John T. (1884) “zīn”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 620