جنج

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Punjabi interrogative set
کِن٘ج (kiṉj)
جِن٘ج (jiṉj)
اِن٘ج (īṉj)
اُن٘ج (uṉj)

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Alternative forms

جِدّاں (jiddāṉ) — Doabi

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪɲ.d͡ʒə̆/

Adverb

جِن٘ج • (jiṉj) (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਿੰਜ or ਜਿੰਞ)

like; like how
Synonym: جِویں (jiveṉ)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جِنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Sanskrit -य (-ya)

Sanskrit जन्य॑ (jánya)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (jaṇṇā)

Punjabi جنج

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (jaṇṇā), from Sanskrit जन्य॑ (jánya), from जन॑ (jána, “person”) + -य (-ya). Doublet of جِنَس (jinas). Cognate with Saraiki جَنڄ (janǰ), Sindhi ڄَڃَ (ǰaña), Gujarati જાન (jān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəɲ.d͡ʒə̆/

Noun

جَن٘ج • (jaṉj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੰਜ or ਜੰਞ)

baraat (a wedding procession by the bridegroom's side)
Synonym: بَرات (barāt)
(figuratively) a crowd; group
Synonym: گَروہ (garoh)

Declension

Declension of **جنج**
	singular	plural
direct	جَن٘ج (jaṉj)	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
oblique	جَن٘ج (jaṉj)	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
vocative	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)	جَن٘جو (jaṉjo)
ablative	جَن٘جوں (jaṉjoṉ)	—
locative	جَن٘جی (jaṉjī)	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)
instrumental	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)

Related terms

جانجی m (jānjī, “member of a marriage party”)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
“جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jánya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282