Jain
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Jain (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Jainism.
Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to Jainism
Noun
[edit]Jain (plural Jains)
- An adherent or follower of Jainism.
- Donovan, The Universal Soldier
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew,
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Quaker, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations
[edit]follower of Jainism
Proper noun
[edit]Jain (plural Jains)
- A surname.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240.
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Anagrams
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- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/aɪn/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
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- English surnames