जहान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جهان (jahān), from Middle Persian gyhʾn' (gēhān, “world”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːn/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦä̃ːn]

Noun

जहान • (jahān) m (Urdu spelling جہان)

1. world, universe

   Synonyms: दुनिया (duniyā), जगत (jagat)

   जान है तो जहान है। ― jān hai to jahān hai. ― If there is life, there's the world.

Declension

Declension of जहान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जहान jahān	जहान jahān
oblique	जहान jahān	जहानों jahānõ
vocative	जहान jahān	जहानो jahāno

Alternative forms

• जहाँ (jahā̃) — poetic, combining form