جناب

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See also: حنأت, جنات, and چناب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

جِنَاب • (jināb) m

  1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun جِنَاب (jināb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جِنَاب
jināb 		الْجِنَاب
al-jināb 		جِنَاب
jināb
Nominative جِنَابٌ
jinābun 		الْجِنَابُ
al-jinābu 		جِنَابُ
jinābu
Accusative جِنَابًا
jināban 		الْجِنَابَ
al-jināba 		جِنَابَ
jināba
Genitive جِنَابٍ
jinābin 		الْجِنَابِ
al-jinābi 		جِنَابِ
jinābi
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جِناب (cinâb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

  1. a title of respect
    جَنَابْكُمْ ― janābkum ― your Honor
Declension
Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَنَاب
janāb 		الْجَنَاب
al-janāb 		جَنَاب
janāb
Nominative جَنَابٌ
janābun 		الْجَنَابُ
al-janābu 		جَنَابُ
janābu
Accusative جَنَابًا
janāban 		الْجَنَابَ
al-janāba 		جَنَابَ
janāba
Genitive جَنَابٍ
janābin 		الْجَنَابِ
al-janābi 		جَنَابِ
janābi
Descendants

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Urdu چَنَاب (canāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

  1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)
    • 1972, Ḥasan Amīn, دائرة المعارف الإسلامية الشيعية‎, volume 9, page 381:
      وعوام الناس نهر راوي ونهر جناب ونهر هندوس
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    • 1997, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ulughkhānī, Ẓafar al-wālih bi-Muẓaffar wa-ālihi fī tārīkh Kujarāt‎:
      فلم يجد بدا من مفارقة وجهه فنهض في أواخر جمادی الاخرى ومعه اخوته وعبر نهر لوهور وسلك الطريق الى ان نزل على نهر جناب
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    • 2010, محمد عوض الهزايمة, قضايا دولية‎, page 246:
      الدعاة المسلمين واسمه (بلبل) إلى كشمير، (1) ولاية كشمير الإسلامية ذات طبيعة جبلية، فيها سهلان في منطقة وادي جمو ووادي كشمير، كثيرة الأنهار. وأهم أنهارها نهر السند ونهر جليم ونهر جناب: وهي الأنهار التي تنساب إلى باكستان
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Declension
Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — جَنَاب
janāb 		—
Nominative — جَنَابُ
janābu 		—
Accusative — جَنَابَ
janāba 		—
Genitive — جَنَابَ
janāba 		—

Azerbaijani

Noun

جناب

  1. Arabic spelling of cənab

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جناب (transliteration needed)

  1. a title of respect

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَاب (jināb).

Noun

جِناب • (cinâb)

  1. a being at, or coming to the side of another
  2. a being or becoming distant: a shunning

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَناب • (cenâb)

  1. a title of respect
    جنابڭز ― cenâbıñız ― your Honor
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? janāḇ
Dari reading? janāb
Iranian reading? janâb
Tajik reading? janob

Noun

Dari جناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаноб

جناب • (janâb)

  1. a title of respect: sir, mister, Excellency

Derived terms

Further reading

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَنابُ • (janābu) m (Devanagari जनाबु)

  1. your Honor

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جَنابُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • “جناب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جناب (janāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

جناب • (janāb) m (Hindi spelling जनाब)

  1. sir, mister
  2. Excellency, Honour
  3. (India, law) form of address for a judge

References

  • “جناب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جناب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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