Jain

See also: jain, jaïn, and jäin

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeɪn/, /dʒaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

Jain (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Jainism

Translations

of or pertaining to Jainism

• Thai: เชน (th) (cheen)

Noun

Jain (plural Jains)

1. A follower of Jainism

   He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
   a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
   And, he knows he shouldn't kill. (Donovan, Universal Soldier)

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religion, religionist; African traditionalist,‎ animist,‎ Asatruar,‎ Baha'i,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ Confucianist,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Eckist,‎ freethinker,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jew,‎ LaVeyan,‎ Luciferian,‎ Muslim,‎ mysticist,‎ New Thoughter,‎ New Ager,‎ occultist,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ religious humanist,‎ Santerían,‎ Scientologist,‎ shamanist,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ spiritist,‎ Taoist,‎ Tenrikyoist,‎ Thelemite,‎ theosophist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Translations

follower of Jainism

• Dutch: jaïn m, jaïnist m