Jainism

English

Etymology

From Jain +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪnɪzm̩/

Proper noun

Jainism

1. 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.

   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 55:

     I know enough about Jainism to know that Jains are some of the most extreme vegetarians around.

2. (philosophy) A nontheistic heterodox Indian philosophy

Hypernyms

• religion, philosophy

Coordinate terms

religionsedit

• agnosticism
• Asatru
• atheism
• Ayyavazhi
• Baháʼí Faith
• Bon
• Buddhism
• Cao Dai
• Cheondoism
• Christianity
• deism
• Druidry
• Druze
• Eckankar
• Heathenry
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Jainism
• Jediism
• Judaism
• Kimbanguism
• Odinism
• paganism
• Pastafarianism
• Raëlism
• Rastafarianism
• Rodnovery
• Romuva
• Samaritanism
• Sanamahism
• Shinto
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Tengrism
• Thelema
• Unitarian Universalism
• Wicca
• Yahwism
• Yazidism
• Yoruba
• Zoroastrianism

Derived terms

• Jainatva

Related terms

• Jin
• Jain

Translations

religion and philosophy

• Angika: जैन धर्म (jain dharm)
• Arabic: جَيْنِيَّة f (jayniyya), جَايْنِيَّة f (jayniyya)
• Armenian: ջայնիզմ (hy) (ǰaynizm), ջայնականություն (ǰaynakanutʻyun)
• Assamese: জৈন ধৰ্ম (zoin dhormo)
• Bengali: জৈন ধর্ম (jōin dhormo)
• Bhojpuri: जैन धर्म (jain dharma)
• Burmese: ဂျိန်းဘာသာ (my) (gyin:bhasa)
• Buryat: Джайнай шажан (Džajnaj šažan)
• Catalan: jainisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耆那教 (kei⁴ naa⁵ gaau³)

  Mandarin: 耆那教 (zh) (Qínà-jiào)

  Wu: 耆那教

• Danish: jainisme
• Dhivehi: ޖައިނިޒަމް (jainizam̊)
• Dutch: Jaïnisme
• Esperanto: ĝajnismo, ĝainismo
• Fiji Hindi: Jainism
• 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 (jain dharma)
• Hebrew: ג׳ייניזם
• Hindi: जैन धर्म m (jain dharm)
• Hungarian: dzsainizmus (hu)
• Italian: jainismo m
• Japanese: ジャイナ教 (ja) (Jaina-kyō)
• Kannada: ಜೈನ ಧರ್ಮ (jaina dharma)
• Kazakh: Джайнизм (Djainizm)
• Korean: 자이나교 (Jaina-gyo)
• Kyrgyz: Жайнычылык (Jaynıcılık)
• Macedonian: џаинизам m (džainizam)
• Maithili: जैन धर्म (jain dharma)
• Malayalam: ജൈനമതം (ml) (jainamataṁ)
• Marathi: जैन धर्म (jain dharma)
• Mon: ဇိနဘာသာ
• Mongolian: Жайнизм (Žajnizm)
• Nepali: जैन धर्म (jaina dharma)
• Newar: जैन धर्म (jaina dharma)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jainisme

  Nynorsk: Djainismen

• Odia: ଜୈନ ଧର୍ମ (or) (jaina dharma)
• Pa'o Karen: စေင်းဘာႏသာႏ
• Pashto: جاينيزم
• Persian: جین (fa)
• Polish: dżinizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: jainismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਜੈਨ ਧਰਮ (jain dharam)
• Russian: джайнизм (ru) m (džajnizm)
• Sanskrit: जैन धर्म (jaina dharma)
• Santali: ᱡᱳᱭᱱᱳ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (joyno dhôrôm)
• Serbo-Croatian: džainizam (sh) m
• Shan: သႃႇသၼႃႇၵျဵၼ်း (sàa sǎ nàa kjáen)
• Sindhi: جين ڌرم
• Sinhalese: ජෛනාගම (jaināgama)
• Slovak: džinizmus m
• Slovene: Džainizem (sl)
• Spanish: jainismo (es) m
• Swedish: jainism (sv)
• Tagalog: Hainismo
• Tamil: சைனம் (ta) (caiṉam)
• Telugu: జైనమతము (jainamatamu)
• Thai: เชน (th) (cheen)
• Tibetan: གཅེར་བུ་བའི་ཆོས་ལུགས (gcer bu ba'i chos lugs)
• Tulu: ಜೈನ ಧರ್ಮ (jaina dharma)
• Turkish: Jainizm
• Ukrainian: джайнізм m (džajnizm)
• Urdu: جین مت (jain mat)
• Uzbek: Jaynizm
• Vietnamese: Kỳ Na giáo, Jaina giáo
• Western Panjabi: جین مت (jen mt)