Jain
/d͡ʒeɪn/
Jain adjective: of or pertaining to Jainism.
Adjective
Jain (not comparable)
Noun
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 - While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA
- Synonyms:
- Jaina
- Donovan, The Universal Soldier
Proper noun
Jain (plural Jains)
- A surname.
Jain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Jain in Hindi
- of or pertaining to Jainism
- जैन jain
- follower of Jainism
- जैन jain
Jain in Tamil
- of or pertaining to Jainism
- சமண camaṇa, சைன caiṉa
- follower of Jainism
- சமணர் camaṇar, சமணன் camaṇaṉ, சைனர் caiṉar, சைனன் caiṉaṉ
Jain in Marathi
- of or pertaining to Jainism
- जैन jain
- follower of Jainism
- जैन jain
Jain in Bengali
- a Jain
- জৈন jōin
More languagesFewer languages
- Jain in Malayalam
- ജൈൻ jaiṉ
- Jain in Sanskrit
- जैन jaina
- Jain in Arabic
- يَايْنِيَّة yāyniyya, جَايْنِيَّة jāyniyya
- Jain in Thai
- เชน cheen
Synonyms of Jain
Forms of Jain
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Jains |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Jains |
Origin of Jain
Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).
Words that rhyme with Jain
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about Jain
- What does Jain mean?
- Jain means of or pertaining to Jainism.
- What is Jain in Hindi?
- Jain in Hindi is जैन (jain). See Jain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Jain?
- Jain can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Jain?
- Jain is pronounced /d͡ʒeɪn/.
Words near Jain in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Jain (page history and authors); জৈন (Bengali) (page history and authors); ജൈൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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