# جناب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒi.naːb/

#### Noun

جِنَاب • (jināb) m
* verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: جِناب (cinâb)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.naːb/

#### Noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m
* a title of respect
    جَنَابْكُمْ ― janābkum ― your Honor

##### Descendants

* → Chagatai: جَناب
** Uyghur: جاناپ (janap)
** Uzbek: janob
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: जनाब (janāb)
** Urdu: جَناب (janāb)
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: جناب (cänāb)
** Azerbaijani: cənab
** ⇒ Gagauz: Canabin
** Ottoman Turkish: جناب (cenab)
*** Turkish: cenap
* → Pashto: جَناب
* → Persian: جَناب (janâb)
* → Punjabi:
** Shahmukhi script: جَناب (janāb)
* → Sindhi: جَنابُ
* → Tatar: җәнап (cänap)
* → Turkmen: jenap

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Urdu چَنَاب (canāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.naːb/

#### Proper noun

جَنَاب • (janāb) m
* Chenab (a river in Pakistan)
** 1972, Ḥasan Amīn, دائرة المعارف الإسلامية الشيعية‎, volume 9, page 381:وعوام الناس نهر راوي ونهر جناب ونهر هندوس(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1997, ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar Ulughkhānī, Ẓafar al-wālih bi-Muẓaffar wa-ālihi fī tārīkh Kujarāt‎:فلم يجد بدا من مفارقة وجهه فنهض في أواخر جمادی الاخرى ومعه اخوته وعبر نهر لوهور وسلك الطريق الى ان نزل على نهر جناب(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2010, محمد عوض الهزايمة, قضايا دولية‎, page 246:الدعاة المسلمين واسمه (بلبل) إلى كشمير، (1) ولاية كشمير الإسلامية ذات طبيعة جبلية، فيها سهلان في منطقة وادي جمو ووادي كشمير، كثيرة الأنهار. وأهم أنهارها نهر السند ونهر جليم ونهر جناب: وهي الأنهار التي تنساب إلى باكستان(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

جناب
* Arabic spelling of cənab

## Chagatai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

### Noun

جناب (transliteration needed)
* a title of respect

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: جاناپ (janap)
* Uzbek: janob

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

### Noun

جناب (cänāb)
* a title of respect
    جنابڭز ― cänābuŋuz ― your Honor

#### Derived terms

* عال جناب

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: cənab
* ⇒ Gagauz: Canabin
* Ottoman Turkish: جناب (cenab)
** Turkish: cenap

### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cenap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَاب (jināb).

#### Noun

جِناب • (cinâb)
* a being at, or coming to the side of another
* a being or becoming distant: a shunning

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 679

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جناب (cänāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

#### Noun

جَناب • (cenâb)
* a title of respect
    جنابڭز ― cenâbıñız ― your Honor

##### Descendants

* Turkish: cenap

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 679

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [d͡ʒa.ˈnɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d͡ʒä.nɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d͡ʒä.nɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒæ.nɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.nɔ́b]

### Noun

جناب • (janâb)
* a title of respect: sir, mister, Excellency

#### Derived terms

* جناب آقای (janâb-e âqâ-ye)
* جناب عالی (janâb-e 'âli)
* عالی‌جناب ('âli-janâb)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جناب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

### Noun

جَنابُ • (janābu) m (Devanagari जनाबु)
* your Honor

### Further reading

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جَنابُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* “جناب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جناب (janāb), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d͡ʒə.nɑːb/

### Noun

جناب • (janāb) m (Hindi spelling जनाब)
* sir, mister
* Excellency, Honour
* (India, law) form of address for a judge

### References

* “جناب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “جناب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.