જમણ
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Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit जमन (jamana).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒə.məɳ/
- Rhymes: -əɳ
- Hyphenation: જ‧મણ
Noun
[edit]જમણ • (jamaṇ) n
- meal, dinner
- સુરતનું જમણ અને કાશીનું મરણ। ― suratnũ jamaṇ ane kāśīnũ marṇa. ― Have a meal in Surat and die in Varanasi.
- eating, dining
- જમણો હાથ ― jamṇo hāth ― The right hand (literally, “The hand used to eat.”)
- day
Declension
[edit]Declension of જમણ | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
oblique | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
vocative | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
instrumental | જમણે (jamṇe) | જમણોએ (jamṇoe) |
locative | જમણે (jamṇe) | જમણોએ (jamṇoe) |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jamana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282