ज्यों
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from a form of Sanskrit एव (evá). Compare Hindi जो (jo, “whatever”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ज्यों • (jyõ) (Urdu spelling جیوں)
- in the way that, as
- ज्यों मैं करता था त्यों वह भी करता था।
- jyõ ma͠i kartā thā tyõ vah bhī kartā thā.
- He did just as I did.
- Synonym: जैसे (jaise)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ज्यों”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press