Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːn/, [d͡ʒĩːn]
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

जीन (jīnf or m

  1. nuqtaless form of ज़ीन (zīn)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English gene, from German Gen.

Noun edit

जीन (jīnm (Urdu spelling جِین)

  1. gene
    Synonyms: वंशाणु (vañśāṇu), पित्रैक (pitraik) (less common)

Old Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زین (zīn). Compare Old Punjabi ਜੀਨੁ (jīnu), Middle Bengali জীন (jin).

Noun edit

जीन (jīna)

  1. saddle
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 29.1:
      दे मुहुरा लगांम पहरांउं
      सिकली जीन गगन दौरांउं
      de muhurā lagā̃ma paharā̃ũ
      sikalī jīna gagana daurā̃ũ
      having fixed the bit, I shall put the bridle
      [seated] in firm saddle

Descendants edit

  • Hindustani: zīn
    Hindi: ज़ीन
    Urdu: زِین (zīn)

Further reading edit

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 534