جنیئو
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa), from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.neː.uː/
Noun
جَنیئُو • (janeū) m (Hindi spelling जनेऊ)
- (Hinduism) janeu (sacred thread worn by Hindu men)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- → English: janeu
Further reading
- “جنیئو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جنيؤ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 235