جنتا
See also: جتنا
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जनता (janatā), likely influenced by Hindi जनता (jantā). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”). Compare Spanish gente.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.t̪ɑː/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: جَنْ‧تا
Noun
جَنْتا • (jantā) f (Hindi spelling जनता)
- (uncommon) people, public, common folk
- 1970, الیکساندر فادیئیف [Alexander Fadeyev], translated by خدیجہ عظیم [Khadija Azeem], قافلہ شہیدوں کا [qāfilah śahīdoṉ kā, The Caravan of Martyrs], volume 1, Moscow, translation of Молодая Гвардия (Molodaya Gvardiya) – The Young Guard (in Russian), page 684:
- میرا اور ان کا گوشت پوست ایک ھے، میں جنتا کا بیٹا ھوں، خادم ھوں !
- merā aur un kā gośt post ek hai, maiṉ jantā kā beṭā hūṉ, xādim hūṉ !
- My flesh and skin and their [flesh and skin] is one, I am a son of the people, a servant!
- (by extension) group, crowd
- Synonym: بھیڑ (bheṛ)
Declension
| Declension of جنتا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | جنتا (jantā) | جنتائیں (jantāẽ) |
| oblique | جنتا (jantā) | جنتاؤں (jantāõ) |
| vocative | جنتا (jantā) | جنتاؤ (jantāo) |
Further reading
- “جنتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جنتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جنتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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