variants or Jaina
ˈjī-nə How to pronounce Jain (audio)
ˈjā-
: an adherent of Jainism

Examples of Jain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As for the new wave of laws appearing to fuel the rise in American VPN adoption, Jain said debates over one of those laws could eventually make its way up to the Supreme Court. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024 This week’s batch includes new projects from Beyoncé, Roc Marciano, Saya Gray, Kelly Moran, Reyna Tropical, NTS, Arushi Jain, Omar Souleyman, and Vial. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024 Red Baraat’s instrumentation features six percussionists and three brass players, led by Jain on dhol, a double-sided Punjabi drum that is played with bamboo sticks. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024 On this point, folks seem to fall into two camps, Lightspeed partner Raviraj Jain told me. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024 Councilmember Raj Chahal donated $500 to the committee, and Councilmember Suds Jain loaned it $2,000 late last year, accounting for most of the Yes on Measure B contributions. Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 March 4 South Asians at the Oscars Party Co-hosted by Kal Penn, Lilly Singh, Hannah Simone, Tan France, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rupi Kaur, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Anita Chatterjee, Shruti Ganguly, and Archana Misra Jain, with a musical performance by Ankur Tewari. Marc Malkin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 Prior to her first tenure at Cars.com, Jain was CFO of Redbox Automated Retail from September 2016 to June 2020. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024 Alongside Abel, Ajit Jain, responsible for overseeing the company's insurance business, is also regarded as a potential successor to Buffett. Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu Jain, from Sanskrit Jaina

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Jain was in 1805

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“Jain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jain. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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