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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवन (jīvana).
ਜੀਵਨ • (jīvan) m (Shahmukhi spelling جیون)
- life, existence
- lifetime, lifespan
- liveliness, animation
- ਜੀਵਨੀ f (jīvnī, “biography”)
- “ਜੀਵਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024