जोबन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀡 (jovvaṇa), from Sanskrit यौवन (yauvana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.bən/, [d͡ʒoː.bɐ̃n]

Noun

जोबन • (joban) m (Urdu spelling جوبن)

1. youth
2. adolescence

Declension

Declension of जोबन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जोबन joban	जोबन joban
oblique	जोबन joban	जोबनों jobanõ
vocative	जोबन joban	जोबनो jobano

Descendants

• → Gujarati: જોબન (joban)
• → Marathi: जोबन (joban)
• → Sindhi: جوڀن (jobhanu)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जोबन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जोबन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha