جینا

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀇 (jīvaï), from Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti, from *gʷih₃wós, from *gʷeyh₃- + *-wós. Cognate with French vivre and Russian жить (žitʹ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː.nɑː/

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جینا • (jīnā) (Hindi spelling जीना)

1. to live

جینا • (jīnā) f

1. a female given name, Jeena

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “جینا”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “جینا”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “جینا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “جینا”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press