جناب

See also: حنأت, جنات, and چناب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.naːb/

Noun

جِنَاب • (jināb) m

1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جِنَاب (jināb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جِنَاب jināb	الْجِنَاب al-jināb	جِنَاب jināb
nominative	جِنَابٌ jinābun	الْجِنَابُ al-jinābu	جِنَابُ jinābu
accusative	جِنَابًا jināban	الْجِنَابَ al-jināba	جِنَابَ jināba
genitive	جِنَابٍ jinābin	الْجِنَابِ al-jinābi	جِنَابِ jinābi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: جِناب (cinâb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.naːb/

Noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

1. a title of respect

   جَنَابْكُمْ ― janābkum ― your Honor

Declension

Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنَاب janāb	الْجَنَاب al-janāb	جَنَاب janāb
nominative	جَنَابٌ janābun	الْجَنَابُ al-janābu	جَنَابُ janābu
accusative	جَنَابًا janāban	الْجَنَابَ al-janāba	جَنَابَ janāba
genitive	جَنَابٍ janābin	الْجَنَابِ al-janābi	جَنَابِ janābi

Descendants

• → Chagatai: جَناب (jnāb)
  • Uyghur: جاناپ (janap)
  • Uzbek: janob
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: جناب (cänāb)
  • Azerbaijani: cənab
  • ⇒ Gagauz: Canabin
  • Ottoman Turkish: جناب (cenab)
    • Turkish: cenap
• → Pashto: جَناب
• → Persian: جَناب (janâb)
  • → Bengali: জনাব (jonab)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: जनाब (janāb)

    Urdu: جَناب (janāb)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜਨਾਬ (janāb)

    Shahmukhi script: جَناب (janāb)

• → Sindhi: جَنابُ
• → Tatar: җәнап (cänap)
• → Turkmen: jenap

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Urdu چَنَاب (canāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.naːb/

Proper noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)
   • 1972, Ḥasan Amīn, دائرة المعارف الإسلامية الشيعية‎^[1], volume 9, page 381:

     وعوام الناس نهر راوي ونهر جناب ونهر هندوس

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1997, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ulughkhānī, Ẓafar al-wālih bi-Muẓaffar wa-ālihi fī tārīkh Kujarāt‎^[2]:

     فلم يجد بدا من مفارقة وجهه فنهض في أواخر جمادی الاخرى ومعه اخوته وعبر نهر لوهور وسلك الطريق الى ان نزل على نهر جناب

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2010, محمد عوض الهزايمة, قضايا دولية‎^[3], page 246:

     الدعاة المسلمين واسمه (بلبل) إلى كشمير، (1) ولاية كشمير الإسلامية ذات طبيعة جبلية، فيها سهلان في منطقة وادي جمو ووادي كشمير، كثيرة الأنهار. وأهم أنهارها نهر السند ونهر جليم ونهر جناب: وهي الأنهار التي تنساب إلى باكستان

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	جَنَاب janāb	—
nominative	—	جَنَابُ janābu	—
accusative	—	جَنَابَ janāba	—
genitive	—	جَنَابَ janāba	—

Azerbaijani

Noun

جناب

1. Arabic spelling of cənab

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جناب • (janāb)

1. a title of respect

Declension

Declension of جناب (janāb)

	singular	plural
nominative	جناب janāb	جنابلار janāblar
genitive	جنابنینگ janābnıng	جنابلارنینگ janāblarnıng
definite accusative	جنابنی janābnı	جنابلارنی janāblarnı
dative	جنابغە janābġa	جنابلارغە janāblarġa
ablative	جنابدین janābdın	جنابلاردین janāblardın
locative	جنابدە janābda	جنابلاردە janāblarda

Descendants

• Uyghur: جاناپ (janap)
• Uzbek: janob

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جناب • (cänāb)

1. a title of respect

   جنابڭز ― cänābuŋuz ― your Honor

Derived terms

• عال جناب

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: cənab
• ⇒ Gagauz: Canabin
• Ottoman Turkish: جناب (cenab)
  • Turkish: cenap

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cenap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَاب (jināb).

Noun

جِناب • (cinâb)

1. a being at, or coming to the side of another
2. a being or becoming distant: a shunning

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 679

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جناب (cänāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَناب • (cenâb)

1. a title of respect

   جنابڭز ― cenâbıñız ― your Honor

Descendants

• Turkish: cenap

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 679

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈnaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	janāb
Dari reading?	janāb
Iranian reading?	janâb
Tajik reading?	janob

Noun

Dari	جناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷаноб

جناب • (janâb)

1. a title of respect: sir, mister, Excellency

Derived terms

• جناب آقای (janâb-e âqâ-ye)
• جناب عالی (janâb-e 'âli)
• عالی‌جناب ('âli-janâb)

Descendants

• → Bengali: জনাব (jonab)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जनाब (janāb)

  Urdu: جَناب (janāb)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਨਾਬ (janāb)

  Shahmukhi script: جَناب (janāb)

Further reading

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

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَنابُ • (janābu) m (Devanagari जनाबु)

1. your Honor

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “جَنابُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “جناب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جناب (janāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑːb/

Noun

جناب • (janāb) m

1. sir, mister
2. Excellency, Honour
3. (India, law) form of address for a judge

References

• “جناب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جناب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.