जननी

See also: जुनून, जानना, जनन, and जिन्न

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जननी (jananī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.niː/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.niː]

Noun

जननी • (jannī) f

1. (rare or figurative) mother; cause, source

   आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है।

   āvaśyaktā āviṣkār kī jannī hai.

   Necessity is the mother of invention.

Declension

Declension of जननी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जननी jannī	जननियाँ janniyā̃
oblique	जननी jannī	जननियों janniyõ
vocative	जननी jannī	जननियो janniyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জননী (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• জননী (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဇနနီ (Burmese script)
• જનની (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನನೀ (Kannada script)
• ជននី (Khmer script)
• ຊນນີ (Lao script)
• ജനനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଜନନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ජනනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஜநநீ (Tamil script)
• జననీ (Telugu script)
• ชนนี (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of जन॑न (jánana, “generating, begetting”), from the root जन् (jan).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐ.niː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.n̪iː/

Noun

जन॑नी • (jánanī) stem, f

1. a mother

   Synonyms: मातृ (mātṛ), अम्बा (ambā), अम्बिका (ambikā), अम्बालिका (ambālikā)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of जन॑नी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जन॑नी (jánanī)	जन॑न्यौ (jánanyau) जन॑नी¹ (jánanī¹)	जन॑न्यः (jánanyaḥ) जन॑नीः¹ (jánanīḥ¹)
accusative	जन॑नीम् (jánanīm)	जन॑न्यौ (jánanyau) जन॑नी¹ (jánanī¹)	जन॑नीः (jánanīḥ)
instrumental	जन॑न्या (jánanyā)	जन॑नीभ्याम् (jánanībhyām)	जन॑नीभिः (jánanībhiḥ)
dative	जन॑न्यै (jánanyai)	जन॑नीभ्याम् (jánanībhyām)	जन॑नीभ्यः (jánanībhyaḥ)
ablative	जन॑न्याः (jánanyāḥ) जन॑न्यै² (jánanyai²)	जन॑नीभ्याम् (jánanībhyām)	जन॑नीभ्यः (jánanībhyaḥ)
genitive	जन॑न्याः (jánanyāḥ) जन॑न्यै² (jánanyai²)	जन॑न्योः (jánanyoḥ)	जन॑नीनाम् (jánanīnām)
locative	जन॑न्याम् (jánanyām)	जन॑न्योः (jánanyoḥ)	जन॑नीषु (jánanīṣu)
vocative	जन॑नि (jánani)	जन॑न्यौ (jánanyau) जन॑नी¹ (jánanī¹)	जन॑न्यः (jánanyaḥ) जन॑नीः¹ (jánanīḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: jananī
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑀡𑀻 (jaṇaṇī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जननी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jananī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 281
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “jananī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.