जनेऊ
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit जण्णोववीअ (jaṇṇovavīa), from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá). Cognate to Konkani जान्वें (zānvễ), Marathi जानवे (j̈ānve).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जनेऊ • (janeū) m (Urdu spelling جنیئو)
Declension edit
Declension of जनेऊ (masc ind ū-stem)
Descendants edit
- → English: janeu
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जनेऊ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press