jaun
English
editNoun
editjaun (plural jauns)
- (India, historical) A small palanquin carriage of the kind commonly used by businessmen going to their offices.
- 1917, Calcutta (India). Commissioner of Police, Annual Report on the Police Administration of the Town of Calcutta and its Suburbs (page cxlii)
- A large number of accidents are also caused by office jauns which as a class are driven too fast and by inexperienced men. It has been suggested that these jauns should be registered and numbered and their drivers licensed.
- 1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis:
- Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, / With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, / Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]
- 1917, Calcutta (India). Commissioner of Police, Annual Report on the Police Administration of the Town of Calcutta and its Suburbs (page cxlii)
Basque
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -au̯n
- Hyphenation: jaun
Noun
editjaun anim
Declension
editDeclension of jaun (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | jaun | jauna | jaunak |
ergative | jaunek | jaunak | jaunek |
dative | jauni | jaunari | jaunei |
genitive | jaunen | jaunaren | jaunen |
comitative | jaunekin | jaunarekin | jaunekin |
causative | jaunengatik | jaunarengatik | jaunengatik |
benefactive | jaunentzat | jaunarentzat | jaunentzat |
instrumental | jaunez | jaunaz | jaunez |
inessive | jaunengan | jaunarengan | jaunengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | jaunengana | jaunarengana | jaunengana |
terminative | jaunenganaino | jaunarenganaino | jaunenganaino |
directive | jaunenganantz | jaunarenganantz | jaunenganantz |
destinative | jaunenganako | jaunarenganako | jaunenganako |
ablative | jaunengandik | jaunarengandik | jaunengandik |
partitive | jaunik | — | — |
prolative | jauntzat | — | — |
Antonyms
edit- andre (“lady”)
Further reading
edit- “jaun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “jaun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Dalmatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Venetian xovane.
Adjective
editjaun (feminine jauna)
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