𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀈𑀅 (jaṇṇovaīa), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀬 (jaṇṇovavīya), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovīa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá).

Noun

𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa) n (Devanagari जण्णोववीअ, Kannada ಜಣ್ಣೋವವೀಅ) (Maharastri)

1. (Hinduism) janeu (sacred thread worn by Hindu men)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīaṃ)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīāiṃ) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇 (jaṇṇovavīāi)
Accusative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīaṃ)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīāiṃ) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇 (jaṇṇovavīāi)
Instrumental	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀡 (jaṇṇovavīeṇa) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀡𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīeṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀳𑀺 (jaṇṇovavīehi) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīehiṃ)
Dative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīāa)	—
Ablative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀑 (jaṇṇovavīāo) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀉 (jaṇṇovavīāu) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆 (jaṇṇovavīā) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀳𑀺 (jaṇṇovavīāhi) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (jaṇṇovavīāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (jaṇṇovavīassa)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀡 (jaṇṇovavīāṇa) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀡𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (jaṇṇovavīammi) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏 (jaṇṇovavīe)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀲𑀼 (jaṇṇovavīesu) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆 (jaṇṇovavīā)	𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇𑀁 (jaṇṇovavīāiṃ) or 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀆𑀇 (jaṇṇovavīāi)

Descendants

• Gurjar Apabhramsa:
  • Gujarati: જનોઈ (janoī)
  • Marwari: जिनेऊ (jineū), जीनोई (jīnoī)
• Konkani: jānvẽ

  Devanagari script: जान्वें

  Kannada script: ಜಾನ್ವೆಂ

  Latin script: zanvem

• Maithili: janēu

  Devanagari script: जनेउ

  Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒢𑒹𑒅

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: जाणिवें (jāṇiveṃ), जानिवें (jāniveṃ)

  Modi script: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jāṇīveṃ), 𑘕𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jānīveṃ)

  • Marathi: जानवे (j̈ānve)
• Nepali: जनै (janai)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Hindustani: janeū

    Hindi: जनेऊ

    Urdu: جنیئو

    • → English: janeu

• Takka Apabhramsa:
  • Old Punjabi: ਜਨੇਊ (janeū)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਜੰਞੂ (jãñū)

      Shahmukhi script: جَننجو (jannjo)

• Vracada Apabhramsa:
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: جَڻْيو, جنوئـي

    Devanagari script: जण्यो, जनोई

• → Old Kannada: ಜನ್ನವಿರ (jannavira), ಜನ್ನವರ (jannavara)
  • Kannada: ಜನಿವಾರ (janivāra), ಜನಿಬಾರ (janibāra), ಜನ್ನಿವಾರ (jannivāra), ಜೆನಿವಾರ (jenivāra)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “जण्णोवईय”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jaṇṇōvavīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press