जीन

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See also: जन, जना, जान, जानु, जिन, जिना, ज़िना, ज़ीन, जीना, जुना, जुने, जुनें, जून, ज़ून, जैन, जोन, and जौन

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

जीन • (jīn) f or m

  1. nuqtaless form of ज़ीन (zīn)
Declension
Declension of जीन (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जीन
zīn 		जीनें
zīnẽ
oblique जीन
zīn 		जीनों
zīnõ
vocative जीन
zīn 		जीनो
zīno
Declension of जीन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जीन
zīn 		जीन
zīn
oblique जीन
zīn 		जीनों
zīnõ
vocative जीन
zīn 		जीनो
zīno

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gene, from German Gen.

Noun

जीन • (jīn) m (Urdu spelling جِین)

  1. gene
    Synonyms: वंशाणु (vañśāṇu), पित्रैक (pitraik) (less common)

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زین (zīn). Compare Old Punjabi ਜੀਨੁ (jīnu), Middle Bengali জীন (jin).

Noun

जीन (jīna)

  1. saddle
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 29.1:
      दे मुहुरा लगांम पहरांउं
      सिकली जीन गगन दौरांउं
      de muhurā lagā̃ma paharā̃ũ
      sikalī jīna gagana daurā̃ũ
      having fixed the bit, I shall put the bridle
      in firm saddle

Descendants

  • Hindustani: zīn
    Hindi: ज़ीन
    Urdu: زِین (zīn)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 534
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