jaun
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Bengali and Hindi.
=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) IPA(key): /dʒɔn/
(India, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒɔːn/
=== Noun ===
jaun (plural jauns)
(India, historical) Synonym of litter, particularly those of the upper middle class in 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century Kolkata.
=== References ===
“jaun, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “jaun”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
== Basque ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯n/ [ɟãũ̯n]
Rhymes: -au̯n
Hyphenation: jaun
=== Noun ===
jaun anim
lord
==== Declension ====
==== Antonyms ====
andre (“lady”)
=== Further reading ===
“jaun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
“jaun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
== Dalmatian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
iaun
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Venetan xovane.
=== Adjective ===
jaun (feminine jauna)
young