jane
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophone: Jain
Etymology 1
From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).
Noun
jane (plural janes)
- (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
- 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124,
- His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
- Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
- 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124,
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Noun
jane (plural janes)
- Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
- Alternative spelling of jean
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VII, Over-Production
- Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VII, Over-Production
- A female client of a prostitute.
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Japanese
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀚𑀦𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- जने (Devanagari script)
- জনে (Bengali script)
- ජනෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ဇနေ (Burmese script)
- ชเน or ชะเน (Thai script)
- ᨩᨶᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ຊເນ or ຊະເນ (Lao script)
- ជនេ (Khmer script)
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