जन
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit जन (jána).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]जन • (jan) m (Urdu spelling جن)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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direct | जन jan |
जन jan |
oblique | जन jan |
जनों janõ |
vocative | जन jan |
जनो jano |
Old Awadhi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]जन (jana)
- people
- devotee, servant (of Lord)
- c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa:
- सुकृति संभु तन बिमल बिभूती। मंजुल मंगल मोद प्रसूती॥
जन मन मंजु मुकुर मल हरनी। किएँ तिलक गुन गन बस करनी॥2॥- sukṛti saṃbhu tana bimala bibhūtī. maṃjula maṃgala moda prasūtī.
jana mana maṃju mukura mala haranī. kiem̐ tilaka guna gana basa karanī.2. - [The dust of Guru's feet is like] The pure sacred ash from which the virtuous Shiva's body is adorned,
The begetter of beautiful and auspicious delight.
The eliminator of filth from the beautiful mirror of the mind of devotee.
Its Tilaka when applied masters many a virtues.
- sukṛti saṃbhu tana bimala bibhūtī. maṃjula maṃgala moda prasūtī.
- सुकृति संभु तन बिमल बिभूती। मंजुल मंगल मोद प्रसूती॥
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]जन m
- Devanagari script form of jana
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "जन" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | जनो (jano) | जना (janā) |
Accusative (second) | जनं (janaṃ) | जने (jane) |
Instrumental (third) | जनेन (janena) | जनेहि (janehi) or जनेभि (janebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | जनस्स (janassa) or जनाय (janāya) or जनत्थं (janatthaṃ) | जनानं (janānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | जनस्मा (janasmā) or जनम्हा (janamhā) or जना (janā) | जनेहि (janehi) or जनेभि (janebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | जनस्स (janassa) | जनानं (janānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | जनस्मिं (janasmiṃ) or जनम्हि (janamhi) or जने (jane) | जनेसु (janesu) |
Vocative (calling) | जन (jana) | जना (janā) |
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- জন (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
- জন (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဇန (Burmese script)
- જન (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನ (Kannada script)
- ជន (Khmer script)
- ຊນ (Lao script)
- ജന (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଜନ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ජන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஜந (Tamil script)
- జన (Telugu script)
- ชน (Thai script)
- ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os. Cognate with Old Persian 𐏀𐎴 (zana, “man; tribe”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬬𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀 (srvōzana, “belonging to the race of the horned ones”), Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “creation”), French gens (“set of people”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]जन॑ • (jána) stem
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | जनः (jánaḥ) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनाः (jánāḥ) जनासः¹ (jánāsaḥ¹) |
accusative | जनम् (jánam) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनान् (jánān) |
instrumental | जनेन (jánena) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनैः (jánaiḥ) जनेभिः¹ (jánebhiḥ¹) |
dative | जनाय (jánāya) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
ablative | जनात् (jánāt) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
genitive | जनस्य (jánasya) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनानाम् (jánānām) |
locative | जने (jáne) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनेषु (jáneṣu) |
vocative | जन (jána) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनाः (jánāḥ) जनासः¹ (jánāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | जना (jánā) | जने (jáne) | जनाः (jánāḥ) |
accusative | जनाम् (jánām) | जने (jáne) | जनाः (jánāḥ) |
instrumental | जनया (jánayā) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनाभिः (jánābhiḥ) |
dative | जनायै (jánāyai) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनाभ्यः (jánābhyaḥ) |
ablative | जनायाः (jánāyāḥ) जनायै² (jánāyai²) |
जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनाभ्यः (jánābhyaḥ) |
genitive | जनायाः (jánāyāḥ) जनायै² (jánāyai²) |
जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनानाम् (jánānām) |
locative | जनायाम् (jánāyām) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनासु (jánāsu) |
vocative | जने (jáne) | जने (jáne) | जनाः (jánāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | जनम् (jánam) | जने (jáne) | जनानि (jánāni) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
accusative | जनम् (jánam) | जने (jáne) | जनानि (jánāni) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
instrumental | जनेन (jánena) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनैः (jánaiḥ) जनेभिः¹ (jánebhiḥ¹) |
dative | जनाय (jánāya) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
ablative | जनात् (jánāt) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
genitive | जनस्य (jánasya) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनानाम् (jánānām) |
locative | जने (jáne) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनेषु (jáneṣu) |
vocative | जन (jána) | जने (jáne) | जनानि (jánāni) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]जन॑ • (jána) stem, m
- person, human being, human
- ते जनाः किं वदन्ति?
- te janāḥ kiṃ vadanti?
- What are those people saying?
- race, people group
- (used collectively) people; subjects
- (religion) mortal, common person
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | जनः (jánaḥ) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनाः (jánāḥ) जनासः¹ (jánāsaḥ¹) |
accusative | जनम् (jánam) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनान् (jánān) |
instrumental | जनेन (jánena) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनैः (jánaiḥ) जनेभिः¹ (jánebhiḥ¹) |
dative | जनाय (jánāya) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
ablative | जनात् (jánāt) | जनाभ्याम् (jánābhyām) | जनेभ्यः (jánebhyaḥ) |
genitive | जनस्य (jánasya) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनानाम् (jánānām) |
locative | जने (jáne) | जनयोः (jánayoḥ) | जनेषु (jáneṣu) |
vocative | जन (jána) | जनौ (jánau) जना¹ (jánā¹) |
जनाः (jánāḥ) जनासः¹ (jánāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
[edit]- जनपद (janapada, “realms of the Vedic period”)
- महाजनपद (mahājanapada, “sixteen great realms of classical India”)
Descendants
[edit]- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀚𑀦 (jana)
- Borrowed terms
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 410.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 566
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