جناب

See also: حنأت, جنات, and چناب

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.naːb/

Noun

جِنَاب • (jināb) m

  1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun جِنَاب (jināb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جِنَاب
jināb		 الْجِنَاب
al-jināb		 جِنَاب
jināb
Nominative جِنَابٌ
jinābun		 الْجِنَابُ
al-jinābu		 جِنَابُ
jinābu
Accusative جِنَابًا
jināban		 الْجِنَابَ
al-jināba		 جِنَابَ
jināba
Genitive جِنَابٍ
jinābin		 الْجِنَابِ
al-jinābi		 جِنَابِ
jinābi
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جِناب (cinâb)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.naːb/

Noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

  1. a title of respect
    جَنَابْكُمْ ― janābkum ― your Honor
Declension
Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَنَاب
janāb		 الْجَنَاب
al-janāb		 جَنَاب
janāb
Nominative جَنَابٌ
janābun		 الْجَنَابُ
al-janābu		 جَنَابُ
janābu
Accusative جَنَابًا
janāban		 الْجَنَابَ
al-janāba		 جَنَابَ
janāba
Genitive جَنَابٍ
janābin		 الْجَنَابِ
al-janābi		 جَنَابِ
janābi
Descendants

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.naːb/

Proper noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m

  1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)
    • 1972, Ḥasan Amīn, دائرة المعارف الإسلامية الشيعية‎, volume 9, page 381:
      وعوام الناس نهر راوي ونهر جناب ونهر هندوس
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1997, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ulughkhānī, Ẓafar al-wālih bi-Muẓaffar wa-ālihi fī tārīkh Kujarāt‎:
      فلم يجد بدا من مفارقة وجهه فنهض في أواخر جمادی الاخرى ومعه اخوته وعبر نهر لوهور وسلك الطريق الى ان نزل على نهر جناب
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2010, محمد عوض الهزايمة, قضايا دولية‎, 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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun جَنَاب (janāb)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — جَنَاب
janāb		 —
Nominative — جَنَابُ
janābu		 —
Accusative — جَنَابَ
janāba		 —
Genitive — جَنَابَ
janāba		 —

Azerbaijani

Noun

جناب

  1. Arabic spelling of cənab

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جناب (transliteration needed)

  1. a title of respect

Descendants
  • Uyghur: جاناپ (janap)
  • Uzbek: janob

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَاب (jināb).

Noun

جِناب • (cinâb)

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَناب • (cenâb)

  1. a title of respect
    جنابڭز ― cenâbıñız ― your Honor
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.nɔ́ːb̥]

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

Noun
Dari جناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаноб

جناب • (janâb)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

Noun

جَنابُ • (janābu) m (Devanagari जनाबु)

  1. your Honor

Further reading
  • 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, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

جناب • (janāb) m (Hindi spelling जनाब)

  1. sir, mister
  2. Excellency, Honour

References
  • “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.
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