# jen
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɛn]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jen
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech jen, from Proto-Slavic *jenъ. Compare Polish jeno.

#### Adverb

jen (not comparable)
* only
    Synonyms: jenom, pouze, toliko
    jen co... ― as soon as...

##### Derived terms

* jenjen

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 圓 (“yen”).

#### Noun

jen m inan
* yen (Japanese currency)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “jen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from German jener and Yiddish יענער (yener). Compare English yon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jen]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jen

### Particle

jen
* here is, here are
    Jen mi! Komenciĝu la festo!Here I am! Let the party start!
** 2005, Luiz Portella, Ŝi estas mia amiko, →ISBN, page 37:Mi aĉetis tri bombonojn. Mi jam manĝis unu. Jen du.I bought three bonbons. I already ate one. Here are two.

#### Derived terms

* jena
* jene

### Interjection

jen
* lo, behold
* here, here you are, here you go

### Phrase

jen... jen
* (describing alternating states) now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., other times ...
    La kato kuŝadis jen sur la lito, jen sur la planko.The cat was lying around sometimes on the bed, sometimes on the floor.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French juin (“June”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɛ̃/

### Noun

jen
* June

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɛn]
* Hyphenation: jen
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Noun

jen (plural jenek)
* yen (currency of Japan)

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɛːn/
* Rhymes: -ɛːn

### Noun

jen n (genitive singular jens, nominative plural jen)
* yen (Japanese unit of currency)

#### Declension
## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* njen (after preposition)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɛn]

### Pronoun

jen
* accusative of wón

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* een (Föhr-Amrum)
* ån (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian ēn.

### Pronunciation

* (Sylt) IPA: [jɛn]

### Numeral

jen (invariable)
* (Sylt) one

## Polish
### Etymology

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: jen

### Noun

jen m animal
* yen (currency)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* jen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* jen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ.

#### Numeral

jen
* (colloquial, Kajkavian, Chakavian) one (1)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

jen m (Cyrillic spelling јен)
* yen (currency)

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛn/

### Noun

jen m inan (genitive singular jenu, nominative plural jeny, genitive plural jenov, declension pattern of dub)
* yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “jen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Sumerian
### Romanization

jen
* Romanization of 𒁺 (g̃en)

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian زن (zan).

### Noun

jen
* woman

## Tarifit
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

jen (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⵏ)
* (transitive) to lie down, to repose (an animal)
* (transitive, derogatory) to sleep
* (transitive) to crouch, to squat

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* tjuni (“animal in a state of repose”)

## Zaghawa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟɛn/

### Adjective

jen
* fast

#### Derived terms

jendu

### References

* Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad