જમણ
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit जमन (jamana).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒə.məɳ/
- Rhymes: -əɳ
- Hyphenation: જ‧મણ
Noun
જમણ • (jamaṇ) n
- meal, dinner
- સુરતનું જમણ અને કાશીનું મરણ. ― suratnũ jamaṇ ane kāśīnũ marṇa. ― Have a meal in Surat and die in Varanasi.
- eating, dining
- જમણો હાથ ― jamṇo hāth ― The right hand (literally, “The hand used to eat.”)
- day
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
| oblique | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
| vocative | જમણ (jamaṇ) | જમણો (jamṇo) |
| instrumental | જમણે (jamṇe) | જમણોએ (jamṇoe) |
| locative | જમણે (jamṇe) | જમણોએ (jamṇoe) |
Derived terms
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jamana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282