जिन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/, [d͡ʒɪ̃n]

Etymology 1

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Pronoun

जिन • (jin) (Urdu spelling جن)

1. oblique plural of जो (jo, “whoever, whichever”)

   जिन लोगों को आना हैं, आ सकते हैं

   jin logõ ko ānā ha͠i, ā sakte ha͠i

   Whoever wants to come, can come.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit जिन (jina).

Noun

जिन • (jin) m

1. a chief saint of the Jains; a Tirthankara

Derived terms

• जिनेंद्र (jinendra)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “जिन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जिन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जिन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জিন (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬶᬦ (Balinese script)
• জিন (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰰𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဇိန (Burmese script)
• જિન (Gujarati script)
• ਜਿਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌿𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦶꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂱𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಿನ (Kannada script)
• ជិន (Khmer script)
• ຊິນ (Lao script)
• ജിന (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘱𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧒𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐶𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଜିନ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢶꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆴𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖰𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ජින (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩑𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚮𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஜிந (Tamil script)
• జిన (Telugu script)
• ชิน (Thai script)
• ཛི་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒱𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨁𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷey-

Sanskrit जि (ji)

Sanskrit जिन (jina)

From the root जि (ji, “to win, conquer”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi.n̪ɐ/

Noun

जिन • (jina) stem, m

1. (Jainism) Jina, Arihant (a chief saint of the Jains)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जिन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जिनः (jinaḥ)	जिनौ (jinau) जिना¹ (jinā¹)	जिनाः (jināḥ) जिनासः¹ (jināsaḥ¹)
accusative	जिनम् (jinam)	जिनौ (jinau) जिना¹ (jinā¹)	जिनान् (jinān)
instrumental	जिनेन (jinena)	जिनाभ्याम् (jinābhyām)	जिनैः (jinaiḥ) जिनेभिः¹ (jinebhiḥ¹)
dative	जिनाय (jināya)	जिनाभ्याम् (jinābhyām)	जिनेभ्यः (jinebhyaḥ)
ablative	जिनात् (jināt)	जिनाभ्याम् (jinābhyām)	जिनेभ्यः (jinebhyaḥ)
genitive	जिनस्य (jinasya)	जिनयोः (jinayoḥ)	जिनानाम् (jinānām)
locative	जिने (jine)	जिनयोः (jinayoḥ)	जिनेषु (jineṣu)
vocative	जिन (jina)	जिनौ (jinau) जिना¹ (jinā¹)	जिनाः (jināḥ) जिनासः¹ (jināsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 421.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “jina”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जिन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 738