जण

In a sentence

• तो जणू राजा होता.

  He was like a king.

  Here, 'जणू' means 'as if' or 'like', used for comparison.

• घरी पहाटे काही जण आले होते.

  Some people came home in the morning.

  In this context, 'जण' means 'people'.

• तुझ्याशिवाय मी एकटा असल्याचा जणू भास होत होता.

  Without you, I felt as though I was all alone.

  Here, 'जणू' conveys an imaginary or figurative sense, meaning 'as though'.