jîn

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of jîn – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 人).

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒiːn/

Verb

Central Kurdish ژیان (jyan)

jîn (Arabic spelling ژين)

  1. (intransitive) to live, be alive
  2. to dwell, reside

Noun

jîn f (Arabic spelling ژين)

  1. life

Alternative forms

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “jîn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 292
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