جنج
Punjabi
Etymology 1
| Punjabi interrogative set |
|---|
| کِن٘ج (kiṉj) |
| جِن٘ج (jiṉj) |
| اِن٘ج (īṉj) |
| اُن٘ج (uṉj) |
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Alternative forms
- جِدّاں (jiddāṉ) — Doabi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪɲ.d͡ʒə̆/
Adverb
جِن٘ج • (jiṉj) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਿੰਜ or ਜਿੰਞ)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Etymology 2
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (jaṇṇā), from Sanskrit जन्य (jánya). Doublet of جِنَس (jinas). Cognate with Saraiki جَنڄ (janǰ), Sindhi ڄَڃَ (ǰaña), Gujarati જાન (jān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəɲ.d͡ʒə̆/
Noun
جَن٘ج • (jaṉj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਜ or ਜੰਞ)
- baraat (a wedding procession by the bridegroom's side)
- Synonym: بَرات (barāt)
- (figuratively) a crowd; group
- Synonym: گَروہ (garoh)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَن٘ج (jaṉj) | جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ) |
| oblique | جَن٘ج (jaṉj) | جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ) |
| vocative | جَن٘جے (jaṉje) | جَن٘جو (jaṉjo) |
| ablative | جَن٘جوں (jaṉjoṉ) | جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ) |
| locative | جَن٘جی (jaṉjī) | جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ) |
| instrumental | جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ) | جَن٘جے (jaṉje) |
Related terms
- جانجی m (jānjī, “member of a marriage party”)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jánya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282