janeu

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás

Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajña)

Sanskrit उपव्ये (upavye)

Sanskrit -इत (-ita)

Sanskrit उपवीत (upavīta)

Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa)

Hindi जनेऊ (janeū)bor.

English janeu

Transliteration of Hindi जनेऊ (janeū), from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta).

Noun

janeu (plural janeus)

1. (Hinduism) A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.
   • 2003, Bhawan Singh Rana, Indian Critiques of Gandhi, page 181:

     The words bring back the memory of Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, who gave up his life to the Mughal authorities for the upkeep of Hindu religious symbols: the janeu and the tilak.

   • 2007, Klaus K. Klostermaier, A Survey of Hinduism, 3rd edition, page 150:

     The origin of the janëu has not been explained as yet; many believe it to be the remnant of a garment.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 132:

     He had tied a diamond ring to his janeu thread and hidden it in the folds of his dhoti.

Translations

Translations

• Hindi: जनेऊ (hi) m (janeū)
• Konkani:

  Devanagari: जान्वें (j̈ānvẽ)

  Kannada: ಜಾನ್ವೆಂ (j̈ānvẽ)

  Latin: zanvem

• Malayalam: പൂണൂൽ (ml) (pūṇūl)
• Marathi: जानवे n (j̈ānve)

  Old Marathi:

  Devanagari: जाणिवें (jāṇiveṃ), जानिवें (jāniveṃ)

  Modi: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jāṇīveṃ), 𑘕𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jānīveṃ)

• Pali: yaññōpavīta
• Prakrit:

  Maharashtri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 n (jaṇṇovavīa)

• Sanskrit: यज्ञोपवीत (sa) n (yajñopavītá)

Anagrams

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