جنم

Persian

Noun

جنم • (janam)

1. (archaic) seed, origin; nature, essence; existence
2. (colloquial) courage and audacity (to do something)

Derived terms

• جنم داشتن (janam dâštan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जन्म (janma). Doublet of جَمّݨا (jammṇā).

Noun

جَنَم • (janam) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਨਮ)

1. birth

   جَنَم نال آپاں شُرُوع کردے آں

   janam nāl āpāṉ śurūʻ krde āṉ

   We start with (the) birth

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جنم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਜਨਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Sindhi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जन्म (janma). Doublet of ڄم (j̄amu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nə.mʊ/

Noun

جَنَمُ • (janamu) m (Devanagari जनमु)

1. birth

   جَنَمُ ڏِينهُن مُبارڪ ― janamu ḍ̠īhũ mubārak ― Happy Birthday

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جَنَمُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 178
• “جنم”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जन्म (janma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nəm/
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

جَنَم • (janam) m (Hindi spelling जन्म or जनम)

1. birth; emergence

   جَدِید نَثْر اُرْدُو کا جَنَم فورْٹ وِلّیَم کالِج کَلْکَتَّہ میں ہُوا

   jadīd nasr urdū kā janam forṭ villyam kālij kalkatta mẽ huā

   The birth of modern Urdu prose occurred in Fort William College, Calcutta

Further reading

• “جنم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جنم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 234
• Platts, John T. (1884) “جنم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 392
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “جنم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 484