جنیئو

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa), from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَنیئُو • (janeū) m (Hindi spelling जनेऊ)

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “جنیئو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جنيؤ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 235
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