જણ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

જણું (jaṇũ)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa)

Apabhramsa जण (jaṇa)

Old Gujarati जण (jaṇa)

Gujarati જણ (jaṇ)

Inherited from Old Gujarati जण (jaṇa), from Apabhramsa जण (jaṇa), from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana), from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os. Cognate with Marwari जणौ (jaṇau).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəɳ/
Rhymes: -əɳ
Hyphenation: જણ

Noun

જણ • (jaṇ)

person, individual
કેટલા જણ આવવાના છે? ― keṭlā jaṇ āvavānā che? ― How many people are coming?

Declension

Declension of જણ
	singular	plural
nominative	જણ (jaṇ)	જણો (jaṇo)
oblique	જણ (jaṇ)	જણો (jaṇo)
vocative	જણ (jaṇ)	જણો (jaṇo)
instrumental	જણે (jaṇe)	જણોએ (jaṇoe)
locative	જણે (jaṇe)	જણોએ (jaṇoe)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jána”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 281

Further reading

“જણ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.