جانب

See also: خانب and خانت

Arabic

Root
ج ن ب (j-n-b)

From the root ج ن ب (j-n-b). Has the form of an active participle but the corresponding verb جَنَبَ (janaba, “to ward off”) has the wrong meaning.

جَانِب • (jānib) m (plural جَوَانِب (jawānib))

Declension of noun جَانِب (jānib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَانِب jānib	الْجَانِب al-jānib	جَانِب jānib
Nominative	جَانِبٌ jānibun	الْجَانِبُ al-jānibu	جَانِبُ jānibu
Accusative	جَانِبًا jāniban	الْجَانِبَ al-jāniba	جَانِبَ jāniba
Genitive	جَانِبٍ jānibin	الْجَانِبِ al-jānibi	جَانِبِ jānibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَانِبَيْن jānibayn	الْجَانِبَيْن al-jānibayn	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Nominative	جَانِبَانِ jānibāni	الْجَانِبَانِ al-jānibāni	جَانِبَا jānibā
Accusative	جَانِبَيْنِ jānibayni	الْجَانِبَيْنِ al-jānibayni	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Genitive	جَانِبَيْنِ jānibayni	الْجَانِبَيْنِ al-jānibayni	جَانِبَيْ jānibay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَانِب jawānib	الْجَوَانِب al-jawānib	جَوَانِب jawānib
Nominative	جَوَانِبُ jawānibu	الْجَوَانِبُ al-jawānibu	جَوَانِبُ jawānibu
Accusative	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba	الْجَوَانِبَ al-jawāniba	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba
Genitive	جَوَانِبَ jawāniba	الْجَوَانِبِ al-jawānibi	جَوَانِبِ jawānibi


Iranian Persian	جانب
Dari	جانب
Tajik	ҷониб

جانب • (jâneb) (plural جوانب (javâneb))

side, direction
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3098:
  علت تنگی است ترکیب و عدد / جانب ترکیب حسها می‌‌کشد
  'alât-i-tangi-st tarkîb u 'adad / jânib-i-tarkîb has-hâ me-kišad
  The cause of narrowness is composition (compoundness) and number (plurality): the senses are moving towards composition.

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جانب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim