जनाब

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑːb/, [d͡ʒɐ.näːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

जनाब • (janāb) m (Urdu spelling جناب)

sir, mister

Declension

Declension of जनाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनाब janāb	जनाब janāb
oblique	जनाब janāb	जनाबों janābõ
vocative	जनाब janāb	जनाबो janābo

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.