जिना

See also: ज़िना

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zɪ.nɑː/, [zɪ.näː], /d͡ʒɪ.nɑː/, [d͡ʒɪ.näː]

Noun

जिना • (zinā) f

1. nuqtaless form of ज़िना (zinā)

Declension

Declension of जिना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिना zinā	जिनाएँ zināẽ
oblique	जिना zinā	जिनाओं zināõ
vocative	जिना zinā	जिनाओ zināo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زینه (zīna, “step; ladder”). Compare Gujarati જીનો (jīno), Hindi ज़ीना (zīnā), Punjabi ਜੀਨਾ (jīnā).

Noun

जिना • (jinā) m

1. staircase, stairway

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जिना”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जिना”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जिना”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Marwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنا (zinā), from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

Noun

जिना (jinā) ?

1. zina, extramarital and premarital sexual intercourse
2. adultery
3. fornication

References

• Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 121

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jinā (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• জিনা (Bengali script)
• ජිනා (Sinhalese script)
• ဇိနာ or ၹိၼႃ (Burmese script)
• ชินา (Thai script)
• ᨩᩥᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊິນາ (Lao script)
• ជិនា (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄨𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Verb

जिना

1. Devanagari script form of jinā, which is a second-person singular imperative active of जेति (jeti, “to win”)