jana

From a dialectal word meaning "row, line" (compare jono, juna, juoni). First instance of the modern meaning in geometry is from 1860.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑnɑ/, [ˈjɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ja‧na

jana

1. (geometry) line segment

• aikajana (“timeline”)

• Anja, ajan, jaan

• IPA^(key): [hʷana]

jana

1. ear

• janasede

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “jana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “hana”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• Hall, Katherine (2007), “hāna”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

From Sanskrit जन (jana).

jana m

1. person; man; people

• Burmese: ဇန (ja.na.)

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “jana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

From Latin Diana, from Proto-Italic *deiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjana/

jana f (plural janas)

1. fairy

• IPA^(key): /ˈʄɑ.nɑ/

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jana (invariable)

1. last (most recent time)
   • 2019, “Uhuru wa vyombo vya habari: Waandishi wangapi waliouawa mwaka jana duniani?”, in BBC Swahili‎:

     Afghanistan inasalia kuwa nchi ilio hatari zaidi kuishi kama mwandishi habari, kukishuhudiwa vifo vya waandishi 16 mwaka jana.

     Afghanistan continues to be the most dangerous country for journalists to live in, bearing witness to the deaths of 16 journalists last year.

jana

1. yesterday
   • 2018 December 3, “MAGUFULI AMTAJA LOWASSA SHIDA YA MAJI”, in Taifa Leo‎:

     Takribani wiki moja baada ya Rais John Magufuli na Edward Lowassa kupeana sifa, jana kiongozi mkuu huyo wa nchi amemtaja tena waziri mkuu huyo wa zamani, safari hii akimhusisha na ombi la mbunge wa Monduli kuhusu uhaba wa maji.

     About one week after President John Magufuli and Edward Lowassa exchanged praise, yesterday the head of state mentioned the former prime minister again, this time involving a request to MP Monduli's request about water shortages.

jana (n class, plural jana)

1. yesterday
   • 2019 July 24, Curtis Otieno, “ODM MP praises DPP Haji over CS Rotich's woes”, in Hivi Sasa‎:

     Tunataka sasa kuona watu wanafungwa katika kesi zote sio hii ya jana tu.

     Now we want to see people imprisoned in every case, not just yesterday's.

From the root of mwana.

jana (ma class, plural majana)

1. Augmentative of mwana: large child
2. larva, grub
   • 2005, Kakakuona, Issue 19‎, Tanzania Wildlife Protection Fund, page 5:

     Wafugaji wengine waliokuwa wakifuga nyuki kwa kutumia vyungu walifaulu kutenganisha kundi la majana na lile la kuweka asali kwa kuweka nyansi zenye kuruhusu nyuki vibarua kupanda juu wakiwa wamejaa matumbo yao na mbochi na chavua kubakia kwenye mtungi wa chini kwenye malkia na majana.

     Other beekeeping ranchers using ants were successful in separating the group of larvae from the settled honey by leaving out grass to allow worker bees to rise above when they had filled their stomachs with nectar and pollen, leaving a jar below with the queen and larvae.

• kijana (“youth”)

• -dana

From -de (“long, tall”) +‎ -ana (diminutive).

IPA^(key): /dʒaːna/

-jana

1. rather long
2. fairly tall

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-jana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-jana”