Jainism

English

Etymology

From Jain +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒeɪnɪzm̩/

Proper noun

Jainism

An ancient Dharmic religion, with a focus on nonviolence and personal effort to elevate the reincarnating soul towards moksha by liberating it from samsara.
Jainism is similar to other eastern religions in believing in reincarnation.
(philosophy) A nontheistic heterodox Indian philosophy

Hypernyms

religion, philosophy

Coordinate terms

(religions) religion; Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion)} ^[edit]

Derived terms

Jainatva

Related terms

Jin
Jain

Translations

religion and philosophy

Arabic: جَيْنِيَّة‎‎ f (jayniyya), جَايْنِيَّة‎‎ f (jayniyya)
Armenian: ջայնիզմ (hy) (ǰaynizm), ջայնականություն (ǰaynakanutʿyun)
Catalan: jainisme m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 耆那教 (kei⁴ naa⁵ gaau³)

Mandarin: 耆那教 (zh) (Qínà-jiào)
Danish: Jainisme
Dutch: Jaïnisme
Esperanto: Ĝajnismo
Finnish: jainalaisuus (fi)
French: jaïnisme (fr) m, djaïnisme (fr) m, jinisme (fr) m
Galician: xainismo m
German: Jainismus m
Greek: Τζαϊνισμός m (Tzaïnismós), Ζαϊνισμός m (Zaïnismós)
Gujarati: જૈન ધર્મ (jén dharma)
Hebrew: ג'ייניזם‎‎
Hindi: जैन धर्म m (jén dharm)
Hungarian: dzsainizmus (hu)
Italian: jainismo m
Japanese: ジャイナ教 (Jaina-kyō)

Korean: 자이나교 (Jaina-gyo)
Macedonian: џаинизам m (džainizam)
Marathi: जैन धर्म (jén dharma)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jainisme

Nynorsk: Djainismen
Polish: Dżinizm
Portuguese: jainismo (pt) m
Russian: джайнизм (ru) m (džajnizm)
Sanskrit: जैन धर्म (jéna dharma)
Serbo-Croatian: džainizam (sh) m
Slovak: Džinizmus m
Slovene: Džainizem (sl)
Spanish: jainismo (es) m
Swedish: Jainism
Telugu: జైనమతము (jainamatamu)
Thai: เชน (th) (cheen)
Turkish: Jainizm
Ukrainian: джайнізм m (džajnizm)
Urdu: جین مت‎‎

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