jaun

English

Noun

jaun (plural jauns)

  1. (India, historical) A small palanquin carriage of the kind commonly used by businessmen going to their offices.
    • 1917, Calcutta (India). Commissioner of Police, Annual Report on the Police Administration of the Town of Calcutta and its Suburbs (page cxlii)
      A large number of accidents are also caused by office jauns which as a class are driven too fast and by inexperienced men. It has been suggested that these jauns should be registered and numbered and their drivers licensed.
    • 1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis:
      Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, / With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, / Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯n/ [ɟãũ̯n]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯n/ [xãũ̯n]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯n/ [d͡ʒãũ̯n]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯n/ [jãũ̯n]

  • Rhymes: -au̯n
  • Hyphenation: jaun

Noun

jaun anim

  1. lord

Declension
Declension of jaun (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jaun jauna jaunak
ergative jaunek jaunak jaunek
dative jauni jaunari jaunei
genitive jaunen jaunaren jaunen
comitative jaunekin jaunarekin jaunekin
causative jaunengatik jaunarengatik jaunengatik
benefactive jaunentzat jaunarentzat jaunentzat
instrumental jaunez jaunaz jaunez
inessive jaunengan jaunarengan jaunengan
locative — — —
allative jaunengana jaunarengana jaunengana
terminative jaunenganaino jaunarenganaino jaunenganaino
directive jaunenganantz jaunarenganantz jaunenganantz
destinative jaunenganako jaunarenganako jaunenganako
ablative jaunengandik jaunarengandik jaunengandik
partitive jaunik — —
prolative jauntzat — —

Antonyms

Further reading
  • "jaun" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “jaun” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Dalmatian

Alternative forms
  • iaun

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Venetian xovane.

Adjective

jaun (feminine jauna)

  1. young
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