જમણ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जमन (jamana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒə.məɳ/
• Rhymes: -əɳ
• Hyphenation: જ‧મણ

Noun

જમણ • (jamaṇ) n

1. meal, dinner

   સુરતનું જમણ અને કાશીનું મરણ। ― suratnũ jamaṇ ane kāśīnũ marṇa. ― Have a meal in Surat and die in Varanasi.

2. eating, dining

   જમણો હાથ ― jamṇo hāth ― The right hand (literally, “The hand used to eat.”)

3. day

Declension

Declension of જમણ
	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

• જમણવાર (jamaṇvār)
• જમણું (jamṇũ)

 

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jamana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282