Jainism

English

Etymology

From Jain +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪnɪzm̩/

Proper noun

Jainism

1. An ancient Dharmic religion, with a focus on nonviolence and personal effort to elevate the reincarnating soul towards moksha by liberating it from samsara.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 55:

     I know enough about Jainism to know that Jains are some of the most extreme vegetarians around.

   Jainism is similar to other eastern religions in believing in reincarnation.

2. (philosophy) A nontheistic heterodox Indian philosophy

Hypernyms

• religion, philosophy

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• Jainatva

Related terms

• Jin
• Jain

Translations

religion and philosophy

• Arabic: جَيْنِيَّة‎ f (jayniyya), جَايْنِيَّة‎ f (jayniyya)
• Armenian: ջայնիզմ (hy) (ǰaynizm), ջայնականություն (ǰaynakanutʿyun)
• Catalan: jainisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耆那教 (kei⁴ naa⁵ gaau³)

  Mandarin: 耆那教 (zh) (Qínà-jiào)

• Danish: Jainisme
• Dutch: Jaïnisme
• Esperanto: Ĝajnismo
• Finnish: jainalaisuus (fi)
• French: jaïnisme (fr) m, djaïnisme (fr) m, jinisme (fr) m
• Galician: xainismo m
• German: Jainismus m
• Greek: Τζαϊνισμός m (Tzaïnismós), Ζαϊνισμός m (Zaïnismós)
• Gujarati: જૈન ધર્મ (jain dharma)
• Hebrew: ג׳ייניזם‎
• Hindi: जैन धर्म m (jain dharm)
• Hungarian: dzsainizmus (hu)
• Italian: jainismo m
• Japanese: ジャイナ教 (Jaina-kyō)
• Korean: 자이나교 (Jaina-gyo)
• Macedonian: џаинизам m (džainizam)
• Marathi: जैन धर्म (jain dharma)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jainisme

  Nynorsk: Djainismen

• Polish: Dżinizm
• Portuguese: jainismo (pt) m
• Russian: джайнизм (ru) m (džajnizm)
• Sanskrit: जैन धर्म (jaina dharma)
• Serbo-Croatian: džainizam (sh) m
• Slovak: džinizmus m
• Slovene: Džainizem (sl)
• Spanish: jainismo (es) m
• Swedish: Jainism
• Telugu: జైనమతము (jainamatamu)
• Thai: เชน (th) (cheen)
• Turkish: Jainizm
• Ukrainian: джайнізм m (džajnizm)
• Urdu: جین مت‎ (jain mat)
• Vietnamese: Kỳ Na giáo, Jaina giáo