जिंस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jins), from Arabic جِنْس (jins). Compare Punjabi ਜਿਨਸ (jinas) / جِنس (jins), Gujarati જણસ (jaṇas), Marathi जिन्नस (jinnas), Bengali জিনিস (jiniś) .

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪns/, [d͡ʒɪ̃ns]

Noun

जिंस • (jins) f (Urdu spelling جنس)

commodity, good, ware
Synonym: पदार्थ (padārth)
produce; grain

Declension

Declension of जिंस (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिंस jins	जिंसें jinsẽ
oblique	जिंस jins	जिंसों jinsõ
vocative	जिंस jins	जिंसो jinso

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिंस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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