# जैन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

### Adjective

जैन • (jain) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جین)
* Jain; (relational) Jainism

### Noun

जैन • (jain) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling جین)
* (Jainism) a Jain

#### Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

### Proper noun

जैन • (jain) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling جین)
* a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity

#### Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

### References

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

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑəin/, [d͡ʑəiːn]

### Adjective

जैन • (jain) (indeclinable)
* Jain; of or pertaining to Jainism

### Noun

जैन • (jain) ?
* (Jainism) a Jain.

### Proper noun

जैन • (jain) m
* a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जैन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जैन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जैन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জৈন (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬿᬦ (Balinese script)
* জৈন (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰹𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑁃𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဇဲန (Burmese script)
* જૈન (Gujarati script)
* ਜੈਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑍈𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦻꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂶𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಜೈನ (Kannada script)
* ជៃន (Khmer script)
* ໄຊນ (Lao script)
* ജൈന (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘺𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠧᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧛𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐿𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଜୈନ (Odia script)
* ꢙꣀꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆽𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖹𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ජෛන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩗𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚳𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஜைந (Tamil script)
* జైన (Telugu script)
* ไชน (Thai script)
* ཛཻ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒻𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of जिन (jina).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɑːj.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd͡ʑɑj.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

जैन • (jaina) stem
* Jain; of or pertaining to Jainism

### Noun

जैन • (jaina) stem, m
* (Jainism) a Jain

### Proper noun

जैन • (jaina) stem, m
* a surname, equivalent to English Jain, used by the adherents of Jainism. It is often different from their original surnames, and is used to display unity
* name of a prince of Kashmir

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: জৈন (zoin)
* → Bengali: জৈন (jōin)
* → Gujarati: જૈન (jain)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जैन (jain)
    Urdu: جین (jain)
* → Tamil: சைனம் (caiṉam)
* → Kannada: ಜೈನ (jaina)
* → Marathi: जैन (jain)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੈਨ (jain)
    Shahmukhi script: جَین (jain)
* → Thai: เชน (cheen)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “Jaina”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 1.