جنج

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ɲd͡ʒᵊ/

Adverb

جِن٘ج • (jiṉj) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਿੰਜ or ਜਿੰਞ)

1. (Majhi, Malwai) like; like how

   Synonyms: جِویں (jiveṉ), جِدّاں (jiddāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِن٘ج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (jaṇṇā), from Sanskrit जन्य (jánya). Cognate with Saraiki جَنڄ (janǰ), Sindhi ڄَڃَ (ǰaña) and Gujarati જાન (jān). Doublet of جِنَس (jinas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɲd͡ʒᵊ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃.ɲd͡ʒə̆]
  • (archaic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɲːᵊ/

Noun

جَن٘ج • (jaṉj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਜ or ਜੰਞ)

1. baraat (a wedding procession by the bridegroom's side)

   Synonym: بَرات (barāt)

2. (figuratively) a crowd; group

   Synonym: گَروہ (garoh)

Declension

Declension of جنج
dir. sg.	جَن٘ج (jaṉj)
dir. pl.	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	جَن٘ج (jaṉj)	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
oblique	جَن٘ج (jaṉj)	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
vocative	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)	جَن٘جو (jaṉjo)
ablative	جَن٘جوں (jaṉjoṉ)	—
locative	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)
instrumental	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)

Related terms

• جانجی m (jānjī, “member of a marriage party”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jánya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282