जनेऊ

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás

Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajña)

Sanskrit उपव्ये (upavye)

Sanskrit -इत (-ita)

Sanskrit उपवीत (upavīta)

Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa)

Hindi जनेऊ (janeū)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa), from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá). Cognate to Konkani जान्वें (zānvễ), Marathi जानवे (j̈ānve).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.neː.uː/, [d͡ʒɐ.neː.uː]

Noun

जनेऊ • (janeū) m (Urdu spelling جنیئو)

1. (Hinduism) janeu: a sacred thread worn by Hindu men

Declension

Declension of जनेऊ (masc ind ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनेऊ janeū	जनेऊ janeū
oblique	जनेऊ janeū	जनेउओं janeuõ
vocative	जनेऊ janeū	जनेउओ janeuo

Descendants

• → English: janeu

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जनेऊ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press