जैन

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

Adjective[edit]

जैन (jain) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جین)

  1. Jain; (relational) Jainism

Noun[edit]

जैन (jainm or f by sense (Urdu spelling جین)

  1. (Jainism) a Jain

Declension[edit]

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Proper noun[edit]

जैन (jainm or f by sense (Urdu spelling جین)

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity

Declension[edit]

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

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Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑəin/, [d͡ʑəiːn]

Adjective[edit]

जैन (jain) (indeclinable)

  1. Jain; of or pertaining to Jainism

Noun[edit]

जैन (jain?

  1. (Jainism) a Jain.

Proper noun[edit]

जैन (jainm

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “जैन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जैन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “जैन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Vṛddhi derivative of जिन (jina).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

जैन (jaina) stem

  1. Jain; of or pertaining to Jainism

Noun[edit]

जैन (jaina) stemm

  1. (Jainism) a Jain

Proper noun[edit]

जैन (jaina) stemm

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity
  2. name of a prince of Kashmir

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