जश्न
Hindi
Alternative forms
- जशन (jaśan)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَشْن (jašn), from Proto-Iranian *Hyajnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, from *h₁yaǵ-. Doublet of यज्ञ (yajña). Cognate with Bengali জশন (jośon).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəʃ.nᵊ/, [d͡ʒɐʃ.nᵊ], /d͡ʒə.ʃən/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʃɐ̃n]
Noun
जश्न • (jaśna) m (Urdu spelling جشن)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जश्न jaśna |
जश्न jaśna |
| oblique | जश्न jaśna |
जश्नों jaśnõ |
| vocative | जश्न jaśna |
जश्नो jaśno |
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “जश्न”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जश्न”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जशन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press