जन

See also: जून

Hindi

Noun

जन • (jan) m

1. (dialectal) person, people (collectively)

Synonyms

• लोग (log)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os. Cognates include Old Persian 𐏀𐎴 (zana, “man; tribe”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬬𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (srwō.zana-, “belonging to the race of the horned ones”) and Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “creation”).

Adjective

जन • (jána)

1. generating

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जन
Nom. sg.	जनः (janaḥ)
Gen. sg.	जनस्य (janasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनः (janaḥ)	जनौ (janau)	जनाः (janāḥ)
Vocative	जन (jana)	जनौ (janau)	जनाः (janāḥ)
Accusative	जनम् (janam)	जनौ (janau)	जनान् (janān)
Instrumental	जनेन (janena)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनैः (janaiḥ)
Dative	जनाय (janāya)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Ablative	जनात् (janāt)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Genitive	जनस्य (janasya)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनानाम् (janānām)
Locative	जने (jane)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनेषु (janeṣu)

Feminine ī-stem declension of जन
Nom. sg.	जनी (janī)
Gen. sg.	जन्याः (janyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनी (janī)	जन्यौ (janyau)	जन्यः (janyaḥ)
Vocative	जनि (jani)	जन्यौ (janyau)	जन्यः (janyaḥ)
Accusative	जनीम् (janīm)	जन्यौ (janyau)	जनीः (janīḥ)
Instrumental	जन्या (janyā)	जनीभ्याम् (janībhyām)	जनीभिः (janībhiḥ)
Dative	जन्यै (janyai)	जनीभ्याम् (janībhyām)	जनीभ्यः (janībhyaḥ)
Ablative	जन्याः (janyāḥ)	जनीभ्याम् (janībhyām)	जनीभ्यः (janībhyaḥ)
Genitive	जन्याः (janyāḥ)	जन्योः (janyoḥ)	जनीनाम् (janīnām)
Locative	जन्याम् (janyām)	जन्योः (janyoḥ)	जनीषु (janīṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of जन
Nom. sg.	जनम् (janam)
Gen. sg.	जनस्य (janasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनम् (janam)	जने (jane)	जनानि (janāni)
Vocative	जन (jana)	जने (jane)	जनानि (janāni)
Accusative	जनम् (janam)	जने (jane)	जनानि (janāni)
Instrumental	जनेन (janena)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनैः (janaiḥ)
Dative	जनाय (janāya)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Ablative	जनात् (janāt)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Genitive	जनस्य (janasya)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनानाम् (janānām)
Locative	जने (jane)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनेषु (janeṣu)

Related terms

• पुरंजन (puraṃjana) (puraṃ-jana)
• उदजन (udajana) (udjan)

Noun

जन • (jána) m

1. creature, living being, man, person, race

   पञ्च जनास् (páñca jánās) — the five races

   दैव्य जन (daívya jana) or दिव्या जन (divyā́ jana) — divine race

2. people, subjects (the singular used collectively)

   महत् जन (mahat jana) — many people

3. (at the end of a compound) denoting one person or a number of persons collectively

   प्रेष्यजन (preṣya-jana) — servants (collectively), household

   बन्धुजन (bandhu-jana) — a kinsman, friend

   सखीजन (sakhī-jana) — a female friends or female friends (collectively)

4. (at the end of a compound) used with names of people

   अयं जनः (ayaṃ janaḥ), एष जनः (eṣa janaḥ) — this person, these persons, I, we

5. the person nearest to the speaker
6. common person, one of the people
7. the world beyond the Maharloka

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जन
Nom. sg.	जनः (janaḥ)
Gen. sg.	जनस्य (janasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनः (janaḥ)	जनौ (janau)	जनाः (janāḥ)
Vocative	जन (jana)	जनौ (janau)	जनाः (janāḥ)
Accusative	जनम् (janam)	जनौ (janau)	जनान् (janān)
Instrumental	जनेन (janena)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनैः (janaiḥ)
Dative	जनाय (janāya)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Ablative	जनात् (janāt)	जनाभ्याम् (janābhyām)	जनेभ्यः (janebhyaḥ)
Genitive	जनस्य (janasya)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनानाम् (janānām)
Locative	जने (jane)	जनयोः (janayoḥ)	जनेषु (janeṣu)

Descendants

• Assamese: -জন (-zon)
• Khmer: ជន (cɔɔn)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 410