جناب

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See also: حنأت, جنات, and چناب

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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جِنَاب (jinābm

  1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)
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  • Ottoman Turkish: جِناب (cinâb)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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جَنَاب (janābm

  1. a title of respect
    جَنَابْكُمْjanābkumyour Honor
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Urdu چَنَاب (canāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

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Proper noun

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جَنَاب (janābm

  1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)
    • 1972, Ḥasan Amīn, دائرة المعارف الإسلامية الشيعية[1], volume 9, page 381:
      وعوام الناس نهر راوي ونهر جناب ونهر هندوس
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    • 1997, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ulughkhānī, Ẓafar al-wālih bi-Muẓaffar wa-ālihi fī tārīkh Kujarāt[2]:
      فلم يجد بدا من مفارقة وجهه فنهض في أواخر جمادی الاخرى ومعه اخوته وعبر نهر لوهور وسلك الطريق الى ان نزل على نهر جناب
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    • 2010, محمد عوض الهزايمة, قضايا دولية[3], page 246:
      الدعاة المسلمين واسمه (بلبل) إلى كشمير، (1) ولاية كشمير الإسلامية ذات طبيعة جبلية، فيها سهلان في منطقة وادي جمو ووادي كشمير، كثيرة الأنهار. وأهم أنهارها نهر السند ونهر جليم ونهر جناب: وهي الأنهار التي تنساب إلى باكستان
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Azerbaijani

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Noun

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جناب

  1. Arabic spelling of cənab

Chagatai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

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جناب (transliteration needed)

  1. a title of respect

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic جِنَاب (jināb).

Noun

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جِناب (cinâb)

  1. a being at, or coming to the side of another
  2. a being or becoming distant: a shunning

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

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جَناب (cenâb)

  1. a title of respect
    جنابڭزcenâbıñızyour Honor
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

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Readings
Classical reading? janāḇ
Dari reading? janāb
Iranian reading? janâb
Tajik reading? janob

Noun

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Dari جناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаноб

جناب (janâb)

  1. a title of respect: sir, mister, Excellency

Derived terms

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

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جَنابُ (janābum (Devanagari जनाबु)

  1. your Honor

Further reading

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جَنابُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • جناب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جناب (janāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

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Noun

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جناب (janābm (Hindi spelling जनाब)

  1. sir, mister
  2. Excellency, Honour
  3. (India, law) form of address for a judge

References

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  • جناب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جناب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.