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Jain

American  
[jahyn] / dʒaɪn /
Also Jaina

noun

  1. an adherent of Jainism.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Jains or Jainism.

Jain British  
/ dʒaɪn /

noun

  1. an adherent of Jainism

  2. one of the saints believed to be the founders of Jainism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Jainism or the Jains

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Jain

1795–1805; ≪ Sanskrit jaina


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A team led by Arun Jain said inflows into those ETFs last week climbed to their 73rd percentile, well up from the fourth percentile four weeks ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The AI system - which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself - "didn't quite meet the bar" of the company's standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Still, Jain cautioned that its success hinges on offering enough utility to justify carrying an extra device.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It’s hard to measure a lot of the ROI that happens,” said Arvind Jain, founder and chief executive of AI-powered enterprise search and work assistant platform Glean, speaking at the event on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

They extend along the face of the hill for a mile and a quarter, and are divided into three distinct series, the Buddhist, the Brahmanical and the Jain, and are arranged almost chronologically.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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