जिंस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنس (jins), from Arabic جِنْس (jins). Compare Punjabi ਜਿਨਸ (jinas) / جِنس (jins), Gujarati જણસ (jaṇas), Marathi जिन्नस (jinnas), Bengali জিনিস (jiniś) .

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪns/, [d͡ʒɪ̃ns]

Noun

जिंस • (jins) f (Urdu spelling جنس)

1. commodity, good, ware

   Synonym: पदार्थ (padārth)

2. produce; grain

Declension

Declension of जिंस (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिंस jins	जिंसें jinsẽ
oblique	जिंस jins	जिंसों jinsõ
vocative	जिंस jins	जिंसो jinso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिंस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press