Jain

See also: jain, jaïn, jäin, and -jain

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷey-

Sanskrit जि (ji)der.

Sanskrit जिन (jina)vṛd.

Sanskrit जैन (jaina)bor.

English Jain

Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪn/, /d͡ʒaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

Jain (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Jainism.

   Synonym: Jaina

Derived terms

• Jainistic
• Jainite
• Jainness

Translations

of or pertaining to Jainism

• Arabic: يَايْنِيَّة f (yāyniyya), جَايْنِيَّة f (jāyniyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耆那教的 (Qínàjiào de)

• Finnish: jainalainen (fi)
• Hindi: जैन (hi) m or f (jain)
• Marathi: जैन (jain)
• Polish: dżinijski (pl)
• Portuguese: jainista (pt) m or f
• Sanskrit: जैन (sa) (jaina)
• Tamil: சமண (camaṇa), சைன (caiṉa)
• Thai: เชน (th) (cheen)

Noun

Jain (plural Jains)

1. An adherent or follower of Jainism.

   Synonym: Jaina

   • Donovan, The Universal Soldier
     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,
     And he knows he always will
   • 2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA‎^[1]:

     While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

• Adonist
• African traditionalist
• agnostic
• Asatruar
• atheist
• Bábí
• Baháʼí
• Brahmo
• Buddhist
• Caodaiist
• Christian
• Confucian
• deist
• Dianic
• Discordian
• Druid
• Druze
• Eckist
• heathen
• Hindu
• Jain
• Jedi
• Jehovah's Witness
• Jew
• Mormon
• Muslim
• neo-pagan
• neoshaman
• Odinist
• pagan
• Pastafarian
• Quaker
• Raëlian
• Rastafarian
• Rodnover
• Samaritan
• Satanist
• Shaker
• shamanist
• Shintoist
• Sikh
• SubGenius
• Taoist
• Tengrist
• theosophist
• Unitarian Universalist
• Wiccan
• Yahwist
• Yazidi
• Zoroastrian

Translations

follower of Jainism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耆那教教徒 (Qínàjiào jiàotú)

• Dutch: jaïn m, jaïnist m
• Esperanto: ĝajno, ĝaino
• Finnish: jainalainen (fi)
• Hindi: जैन (hi) m or f (jain)
• Marathi: जैन m or f (jain)
• Polish: dżinista m, dżinistka f
• Portuguese: jainista (pt) m or f
• Sanskrit: जैन (sa) m (jaina)
• Tamil: சமணர் (ta) c pl (camaṇar), சமணன் m (camaṇaṉ), சைனர் (ta) c pl (caiṉar), சைனன் (ta) m (caiṉaṉ)

Proper noun

Jain (plural Jains)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Naji, Ji'an, Jian