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जहाँ

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Invented as a co-ordinate term for यहाँ (yahā̃, here), from Sanskrit इह (ihá).

Adverb

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जहाँ (jahā̃) (Urdu spelling جہاں)

  1. (relative) wherever
    जहाँ जाना है जाओ।jahā̃ jānā hai jāo.Wherever you want to go, go.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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जहाँ (jahā̃m (Urdu spelling جَہاں)

  1. (poetic, combining form) alternative form of जहान (jahān, world)
    • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind:
      सारे जहाँ से अच्छा हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा
      हम बुलबुलें हैं इसकी, ये गुलसिताँ हमारा
      sāre jahā̃ se acchā hindostā̃ hamārā
      ham bulbulẽ ha͠i iskī, ye gulsitā̃ hamārā
      Better than the whole world, is our Hindustan;
      We are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.
  2. (figuratively, uncommon) beloved

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [d͡zä̃ː]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: जाँः
  • IPA(key): [d͡zä̆ɦä̤̃]

Adverb

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जहाँ (jahā̃)

  1. where