जनयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

জনয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬚᬦᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
জনয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဇနယတိ (Burmese script)
જનયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಜನಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ជនយតិ (Khmer script)
ຊນຍຕິ (Lao script)
ജനയതി (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଜନଯତି (Odia script)
ꢙꢥꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ජනයති (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஜநயதி (Tamil script)
జనయతి (Telugu script)
ชนยติ (Thai script)
ཛ་ན་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́anHáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁-éye-ti.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

ज॒नय॑ति • (janáyati) third-singular indicative (class 10, type P, present, root जन्)

to beget, produce, create

Conjugation

Present: ज॒नय॑ति (janáyati), ज॒नय॑ते (janáyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	ज॒नय॑ति janáyati	ज॒नय॑तः janáyataḥ	ज॒नय॑न्ति janáyanti	ज॒नय॑ते janáyate	ज॒नये॑ते janáyete	ज॒नय॑न्ते janáyante
Second	ज॒नय॑सि janáyasi	ज॒नय॑थः janáyathaḥ	ज॒नय॑थ janáyatha	ज॒नय॑से janáyase	ज॒नये॑थे janáyethe	ज॒नय॑ध्वे janáyadhve
First	ज॒नया॑मि janáyāmi	ज॒नया॑वः janáyāvaḥ	ज॒नया॑मः / ज॒नया॑मसि¹ janáyāmaḥ / janáyāmasi¹	ज॒नये॑ janáye	ज॒नया॑वहे janáyāvahe	ज॒नया॑महे janáyāmahe
Imperative
Third	ज॒नय॑तु janáyatu	ज॒नय॑ताम् janáyatām	ज॒नय॑न्तु janáyantu	ज॒नय॑ताम् janáyatām	ज॒नये॑ताम् janáyetām	ज॒नय॑न्ताम् janáyantām
Second	ज॒नय॑ janáya	ज॒नय॑तम् janáyatam	ज॒नय॑त janáyata	ज॒नय॑स्व janáyasva	ज॒नये॑थाम् janáyethām	ज॒नय॑ध्वम् janáyadhvam
First	ज॒नया॑नि janáyāni	ज॒नया॑व janáyāva	ज॒नया॑म janáyāma	ज॒नयै॑ janáyai	ज॒नया॑वहै janáyāvahai	ज॒नया॑महै janáyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	ज॒नये॑त् janáyet	ज॒नये॑ताम् janáyetām	ज॒नये॑युः janáyeyuḥ	ज॒नये॑त janáyeta	ज॒नये॑याताम् janáyeyātām	ज॒नये॑रन् janáyeran
Second	ज॒नयेः॑ janáyeḥ	ज॒नये॑तम् janáyetam	ज॒नये॑त janáyeta	ज॒नये॑थाः janáyethāḥ	ज॒नये॑याथाम् janáyeyāthām	ज॒नये॑ध्वम् janáyedhvam
First	ज॒नये॑यम् janáyeyam	ज॒नये॑व janáyeva	ज॒नये॑म janáyema	ज॒नये॑य janáyeya	ज॒नये॑वहि janáyevahi	ज॒नये॑महि janáyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	ज॒नया॑त् / ज॒नया॑ति janáyāt / janáyāti	ज॒नया॑तः janáyātaḥ	ज॒नया॑न् janáyān	ज॒नया॑ते / ज॒नया॑तै janáyāte / janáyātai	ज॒नयै॑ते janáyaite	ज॒नय॑न्त / ज॒नया॑न्तै janáyanta / janáyāntai
Second	ज॒नयाः॑ / ज॒नया॑सि janáyāḥ / janáyāsi	ज॒नया॑थः janáyāthaḥ	ज॒नया॑थ janáyātha	ज॒नया॑से / ज॒नया॑सै janáyāse / janáyāsai	ज॒नयै॑थे janáyaithe	ज॒नया॑ध्वै janáyādhvai
First	ज॒नया॑नि janáyāni	ज॒नया॑व janáyāva	ज॒नया॑म janáyāma	ज॒नयै॑ janáyai	ज॒नया॑वहै janáyāvahai	ज॒नया॑महै janáyāmahai
Participles
	ज॒नय॑त् janáyat			ज॒नय॑मान / जनयान² janáyamāna / janayāna²
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit

Imperfect: अज॑नयत् (ájanayat), अज॑नयत (ájanayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अज॑नयत् ájanayat	अज॑नयताम् ájanayatām	अज॑नयन् ájanayan	अज॑नयत ájanayata	अज॑नयेताम् ájanayetām	अज॑नयन्त ájanayanta
Second	अज॑नयः ájanayaḥ	अज॑नयतम् ájanayatam	अज॑नयत ájanayata	अज॑नयथाः ájanayathāḥ	अज॑नयेथाम् ájanayethām	अज॑नयध्वम् ájanayadhvam
First	अज॑नयम् ájanayam	अज॑नयाव ájanayāva	अज॑नयाम ájanayāma	अज॑नये ájanaye	अज॑नयावहि ájanayāvahi	अज॑नयामहि ájanayāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899), “जनयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 410.
Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1877