jaun

English

Etymology

From Bengali and Hindi.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒɔn/
• (India, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɔːn/

Noun

jaun (plural jauns)

1. (India, historical) Synonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata.
   • 1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis:

     Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green,
     With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between,
     Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]

   • 1917, Reginald Clarke, Annual Report on the Police Administration of the Town of Calcutta and Its Suburbs, page 142:

     A large number of accidents are also caused by office jauns which as a class are driven too fast and by inexperienced men. It has been suggested that these jauns should be registered and numbered and their drivers licensed.

References

• “jaun, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jaun”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯n/ [ɟãũ̯n]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xau̯n/ [xãũ̯n]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯n/ [xãũ̯n]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯n/ [d͡ʒãũ̯n]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯n/ [jãũ̯n]

• Rhymes: -au̯n
• Hyphenation: jaun

Noun

jaun anim

1. lord

Declension

Declension of jaun (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jaun	jauna	jaunak
ergative	jaunek	jaunak	jaunek
dative	jauni	jaunari	jaunei
genitive	jaunen	jaunaren	jaunen
comitative	jaunekin	jaunarekin	jaunekin
causative	jaunengatik	jaunarengatik	jaunengatik
benefactive	jaunentzat	jaunarentzat	jaunentzat
instrumental	jaunez	jaunaz	jaunez
inessive	jaunengan	jaunarengan	jaunengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	jaunengana	jaunarengana	jaunengana
terminative	jaunenganaino	jaunarenganaino	jaunenganaino
directive	jaunenganantz	jaunarenganantz	jaunenganantz
destinative	jaunenganako	jaunarenganako	jaunenganako
ablative	jaunengandik	jaunarengandik	jaunengandik
partitive	jaunik	—	—
prolative	jauntzat	—	—

Antonyms

• andre (“lady”)

Further reading

• “jaun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “jaun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• iaun

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Venetan xovane.

Adjective

jaun (feminine jauna)

1. young