جانب

See also: خانب and خانت

Arabic

Root
ج ن ب (j-n-b)

Etymology

From the root ج ن ب (j-n-b). Has the form of an active participle but the corresponding verb جَنَبَ (janaba, “to ward off”) has the wrong meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.nib/

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• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

جَانِب • (jānib) m (plural جَوَانِب (jawānib))

1. side

Declension

Declension of noun جَانِب (jānib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَانِب jānib	الْجَانِب al-jānib	جَانِب jānib
Nominative	جَانِبٌ jānibun	الْجَانِبُ al-jānibu	جَانِبُ jānibu
Accusative	جَانِبًا jāniban	الْجَانِبَ al-jāniba	جَانِبَ jāniba
Genitive	جَانِبٍ jānibin	الْجَانِبِ al-jānibi	جَانِبِ jānibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَانِبَيْن jānibayn	الْجَانِبَيْن al-jānibayn	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Nominative	جَانِبَانِ jānibāni	الْجَانِبَانِ al-jānibāni	جَانِبَا jānibā
Accusative	جَانِبَيْنِ jānibayni	الْجَانِبَيْنِ al-jānibayni	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Genitive	جَانِبَيْنِ jānibayni	الْجَانِبَيْنِ al-jānibayni	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَانِب jawānib	الْجَوَانِب al-jawānib	جَوَانِب jawānib
Nominative	جَوَانِبُ jawānibu	الْجَوَانِبُ al-jawānibu	جَوَانِبُ jawānibu
Accusative	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba	الْجَوَانِبَ al-jawāniba	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba
Genitive	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba	الْجَوَانِبِ al-jawānibi	جَوَانِبِ jawānibi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَانِب (jānib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.niβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.nɪb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.nɪb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.nɪb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.nib̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.neb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.nib]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāniḇ
Dari reading?	jānib
Iranian reading?	jâneb
Tajik reading?	jonib

Noun

Dari	جانب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷониб

جانب • (jâneb) (plural جوانب (javâneb))

1. side, direction
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3098:

     علت تنگی است ترکیب و عدد / جانب ترکیب حسها می‌‌کشد

     'alât-i-tangi-st tarkîb u 'adad / jânib-i-tarkîb has-hâ me-kišad

     The cause of narrowness is composition (compoundness) and number (plurality): the senses are moving towards composition.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جانب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim