جنج

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Punjabi

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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جِن٘ج (jiṉj) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਿੰਜ or ਜਿੰਞ)

  1. like; like how
    Synonyms: جِویں (jiveṉ), جِدّاں (jiddāṉ)
Further reading
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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِن٘ج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Etymology 2

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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

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Noun

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جَن٘ج (jaṉjf (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
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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) جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
locative جَن٘جی (jaṉjī) جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)
instrumental جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ) جَن٘جے (jaṉje)
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  • جانجی m (jānjī, member of a marriage party)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • 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