ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ

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Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنانى (zanānī), from زنان (zanān, women) +‎ ی (). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (whence Classical Sanskrit जानि (jāni)).

Pronunciation

Noun

ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānīf (Shahmukhi spelling زَنانِی)

  1. a woman, female human
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ
dir. sg. ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānī)
dir. pl. ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀਆਂ (zanānīā̃)
singular plural
direct ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānī) ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀਆਂ (zanānīā̃)
oblique ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (zanānī) ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀਆਂ (zanānīā̃)
vocative ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀਏ (zanānīē) ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀਓ (zanānīo)
ablative
locative
instrumental

Further reading

  • ਜਨਾਨੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਜਨਾਨੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 477.