# जीवन
## Bhojpuri
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवन (jīvana).Cognate with Bengali জীবন (jibon), Gujarati જીવન (jīvan), Hindi जीवन (jīvan), Nepali जीवन (jīvan), Marathi जीवन (jīvan), Magahi 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan).

### Noun

जीवन (jīvan) m (Kaithi 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢)
* life, existence

## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवन (jīvana). Cognate with Bengali জীবন (jibon), Gujarati જીવન (jīvan), Marathi जीवन (jīvan), Nepali जीवन (jīvan), Bhojpuri 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan), Magahi 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d͡ʒiː.ʋən/, [d͡ʒiː.ʋɐ̃n]

### Noun

जीवन • (jīvan) m (Urdu spelling جیون)
* life, existence, subsistence (period of time between birth and death)
    Synonym: ज़िंदगी (zindgī)
    मैं सुख से जीवन भर परिश्रम करता रहा था।ma͠i sukh se jīvan bhar pariśram kartā rahā thā.I happily worked hard my entire life.

#### Derived terms

* सहजीवन (sahjīvan)

#### Related terms

* जीव (jīv)
* जीवनी (jīvnī)
* जीना (jīnā)

### Further reading

* Platts, John T. (1884) “जीवन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जीवन (jīvana). Cognate with Bengali জীবন (jibon), Gujarati જીવન (jīvan), Hindi जीवन (jīvan), Nepali जीवन (jīvan), Bhojpuri 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan), Magahi 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (jīvan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑi.ʋən/

### Noun

जीवन • (jīvan) n
* life
    Synonym: आयुष्य (āyuṣya) (more common)

#### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जीवन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जीवन”, 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) “जीवन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* জীৱন (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬷᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
* জীবন (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰱𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဇီဝန (Burmese script)
* જીવન (Gujarati script)
* ਜੀਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦷꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂲𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಜೀವನ (Kannada script)
* ជីវន (Khmer script)
* ຊີວນ (Lao script)
* ജീവന (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᡳᡳᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘲𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠢᠢᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧓𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐷𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଜୀଵନ (Odia script)
* ꢙꢷꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆵𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖱𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ජීවන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩑𑩛𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚯𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஜீவந (Tamil script)
* జీవన (Telugu script)
* ชีวน (Thai script)
* ཛཱི་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒲𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨁𑨊𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root जीव् (jīv) +‎ -अन (-ana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑiː.ʋɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd͡ʑiː.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

जीवन • (jīvaná) stem
* vivifying, giving life, enlivening

#### Declension
### Noun

जीवन • (jīvaná) stem, m
* a living being
* wind
* son
* the plant kṣudraphalaka
* the plant jīvaka
* name of the author of mānasa-nayana

#### Declension
### Noun

जीवन • (jīvaná) stem, n
* life
* manner of living
* livelihood, means of living
* enlivening a magical formula
* the life-giving element, water
* milk
* fresh butter
* marrow

#### Descendants

* Bengali: জীবন (jibon)
* Gujarati: જીવન (jīvan)
* Hindi: जीवन (jīvan)
* Marathi: जीवन (jīvan)