As a Hindi name
जीना · feminine
a female given name, Jeena
जीना
to live
Śabdasāgara also records: [वि॰ स्त्री॰ जीवती जीवित] जिंदा । जीता हुआ
Platts (p. 414) also records: Living, alive; for life, during life
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit जीवति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰíHwati Sanskrit जीव॑ति (jī́vati) Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀇 (jīvaï) Hindi जीना Inherited from Prakrit जीवइ (jīvaï), from Sanskrit जीवति (jīvat…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Living, alive. Comp. — tokā a woman whose children are living
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
jīvat mfn. pr. p. √ jīv, q.v.
jīvat a. (ntī f.) Living, alive. Comp. — tokā a woman whose children are living. — patiḥ f., — patnī f. a woman whose husband is living. — pitṛkaḥ one whose father is alive. — mukta a. ‘liberated while living’, a man who, being purified by a true knowledge of the Supreme spirit, is freed from the future birth and all ceremonial rites while yet living. — muktiḥ f. final liberation in the present state of life. — mṛta a. ‘dead while alive,’ one who, though alive, is as good as dead and useless to the world (said of a mad man or one whose character is lost).
jīvat mfn. (-van-vantī-vat) Living, alive. E. jīva to live, śatṛ aff.
Alternative readings
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