ਜਾਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جان (jān). Compare Hindi जान (jān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒäːn/
  • Hyphenation: ਜਾਨ

Noun

ਜਾਨ • (jān) f (Shahmukhi spelling جان)

  1. life, soul
  2. spirit
  3. consciousness, mind
  4. energy, vigour, essence
  5. (figurative) object of passionate love
    ਮੇਰੀ ਜਾਨ! ― merī jān! ― My love! (literally, “My life!”)

Declension

Declension of ਜਾਨ
singular plural
direct ਜਾਨ (jān) ਜਾਨਾਂ (jānā̃)
oblique ਜਾਨ (jān) ਜਾਨਾਂ (jānā̃)
vocative ਜਾਨੇ (jāne) ਜਾਨੋ (jāno)
ablative ਜਾਨੋਂ (jānõ) ਜਾਨਿਆੰ (jāniā̃)
locative ਜਾਨੇ (jāne) ਜਾਨੀਂ (jānī̃)
instrumental ਜਾਨੇ (jāne) ਜਾਨੀਂ (jānī̃)

Further reading

  • “ਜਾਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਜਾਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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