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)

1. like; like how

   Synonym: جِویں (jiveṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِنج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (jaṇṇā), from Sanskrit जन्य (jánya). 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)

1. baraat (a wedding procession by the bridegroom's side)

   Synonym: بَرات (barāt)

2. (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)	جَن٘جاں (jaṉjāṉ)
locative	جَن٘جی (jaṉjī)	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)
instrumental	جَن٘جِیں (jaṉjīṉ)	جَن٘جے (jaṉje)

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: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “جنج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jánya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 282