jen

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛn]

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• Hyphenation: jen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Inherited from Old Czech jen, from Proto-Slavic *jenъ. Compare Polish jeno.

jen (not comparable)

1. only

   Synonyms: jenom, pouze, toliko

   jen co... ― as soon as...

Borrowed from Japanese 圓 (“yen”).

jen m inan

1. yen (Japanese currency)

• jen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• jen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• jen in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from German jener and Yiddish יענער (yener). Compare English yon.

• IPA^(key): [jen]
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• Hyphenation: jen

jen

1. here is, here are

   Jen mi! Komenciĝu la festo!

   Here I am! Let the party start!

   • 2005, Luiz Portella, Ŝi estas mia amiko, →ISBN, page 37:

     Mi aĉetis tri bombonojn. Mi jam manĝis unu. Jen du.

     I bought three bonbons. I already ate one. Here are two.

• jena
• jene

jen

1. lo, behold

jen... jen

1. (describing alternating states) now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., other times ...

   La kato kuŝadis jen sur la lito, jen sur la planko.

   The cat was lying around sometimes on the bed, sometimes on the floor.

From French juin (“June”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ̃/

jen

1. June

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛn]
• Hyphenation: jen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

jen (plural jenek)

1. yen (currency of Japan)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

jen n (genitive singular jens, nominative plural jen)

1. yen (Japanese unit of currency)

• njen (after preposition)

• IPA^(key): [jɛn]

jen

1. accusative of wón

From Old Frisian ēn.

IPA^(key): /jɛn/

jen

1. (Sylt) one

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

• IPA^(key): /jɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: jen

jen m animal

1. yen (currency)

• jen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ.

jen

1. (colloquial, Kajkavian, Chakavian) one (1)

jen m (Cyrillic spelling јен)

1. yen (currency)

Derived from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

• IPA^(key): /jɛn/

jen m inan (genitive singular jenu, nominative plural jeny, genitive plural jenov, declension pattern of dub)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin

• “jen”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

jen

1. Romanization of 𒁺 (g̃en)

Cognate with Persian زن (zan).

jen

1. woman

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

jen (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⵏ)

1. (transitive) to lie down, to repose (an animal)
2. (transitive, derogatory) to sleep
3. (transitive) to crouch, to squat

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• tjuni (“animal in a state of repose”)

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛn/

jen

1. fast

jendu

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad