jen

jen

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dza.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dza terms

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛn]

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• Hyphenation: jen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Inherited from Old Czech jen, from Proto-Slavic *jenъ. Compare Polish jeno.

jen (not comparable)

1. only

   Synonyms: jenom, pouze, toliko

   jen co... ― as soon as...

Borrowed from Japanese 圓 (“yen”).

jen m inan

1. yen (Japanese currency)

• “jen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Borrowed from German jener and Yiddish יענער (yener). Compare English yon.

• IPA^(key): /jen/

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: jen

jen

1. here is, here are

   Jen mi! Komenciĝu la festo!

   Here I am! Let the party start!

   • 2005, Luiz Portella, Ŝi estas mia amiko, →ISBN, page 37:

     Mi aĉetis tri bombonojn. Mi jam manĝis unu. Jen du.

     I bought three bonbons. I already ate one. Here are two.

• jena
• jene

jen

1. lo, behold
2. here, here you are, here you go

jen... jen

1. (describing alternating states) now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., other times ...

   La kato kuŝadis jen sur la lito, jen sur la planko.

   The cat was lying around sometimes on the bed, sometimes on the floor.

• juen

From French juin (“June”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ̃/

jen

1. June

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 84

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛn]
• Hyphenation: jen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

jen (plural jenek)

1. yen (currency of Japan)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

jen n (genitive singular jens, nominative plural jen)

1. yen (Japanese unit of currency)

• njen (after preposition)

• IPA^(key): [jɛn]

jen

1. accusative of wón

• een (Föhr-Amrum)
• ån (Mooring)

From Old Frisian ēn.

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [jɛn]

jen (invariable)

1. (Sylt) one

• jenž, jenžto.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jь.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjɛn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjɛn/

jen

1. (relative pronoun) which

   Pochválen hospodin, jen nedal ny v jětie.

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   Všicci, ji úfajú veň.

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• This relative pronoun was almost always used with the affix "-ž" jenž easpecially since the oblique cases of jen were used as oblique cases of the personal pronouns on.

Type		interrogative		relative	demonstrative			indefinite
		kto/ký qualitative	který selective	jen	sen proximal	ten	onen distal	jiný alternative	veš every
Time		k(eh)dy	-kterdy	jedy	—	t(eh)dy	on(eh)dy	jindy	v(e)šdy
Place	in	kde	-kterde	—	sde	tu	onde	jinde	vešde
	to	kam(o)	—	jam(o)	sěm(o)	tam(o)	onam(o)	jinam(o)	všam(o)
	through	kudy, kady	—	jady	sudy	tudy, tady	onudy, onady	jinudy, jinady	všudy, všady
	with prepositions	-kud, -kad	—	-ňud, -ňad	-sud, -sad	-tud, -tad	-onud, -onad	-jinud, -jinad	-všud, -všad
Manner	Way	kak(o)	kterak(o)	jak(o)	sic(e)	tak(o)	onak(o)	jinak(o)	však(o)
	Amount	kolik(o)	—	jelik(o)	—	tolik(o)	—	—	všelik(o)
Indefinite prefixes: ně-, leda-, neda-, ni- Indefinite suffixes: -koli, -si

• Czech: jenž

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “jen”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: jen

jen m animal

1. yen (currency)

• jen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ.

jen

1. (colloquial, Kajkavian, Chakavian) one (1)

• “jen”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

jen m inan (Cyrillic spelling јен)

1. yen (currency)

Derived from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

• IPA^(key): /jɛn/

jen m inan (genitive singular jenu, nominative plural jeny, genitive plural jenov, declension pattern of dub)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin

• “jen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

jen

1. romanization of 𒁺 (g̃en)

Cognate with Persian زن (zan).

jen

1. woman

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăǵən.

Cognate with Tashelhit gʷn (“to lie down, to sleep”).

jen (verbal noun tjuni, Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⵏ)

1. (transitive) to lie down, to repose (animals)

   Synonym: barc

2. (transitive) to take shelter (for the night)
3. (transitive, derogatory) to sleep

   Synonym: ṭṭes

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛn/

jen

1. fast

jendu

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad