जन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• जा (jā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• জন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဇန် (Burmese script)
• જન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಜೝ (Kannada script)
• ជន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຊນ຺ (Lao script)
• ജന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଜନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ජන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஜந் (Tamil script)
• జౝ (Telugu script)
• ชนฺ (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Compare Latin gignō, genus, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), English kind.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐn̪/

Root

जन् • (jan)

1. (Class 1) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause.
2. (Class 4) to be born or produced, come into existence.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जन् (0 c, 19 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जन् (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जायते (jā́yate) (Present)
• जनति (jánati) (Present)
• जजन्ति (jajánti) (Present)
• जनिष्यते (janiṣyáte) (Future)
• जनिता (janitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अजनिष्ट (ájaniṣṭa) (Aorist)
• अजन्त (ájanta) (Aorist)
• जायात् (jāyāt) (Benedictive)
• जज्ञे (jajñé) (Perfect)
• जजान (jajā́na) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• जन्यते (janyáte) (Passive)
• अजनि (ájani) (Passive Aorist)
• जनयति (janáyati) (Causative)
• अजीजनत् (ájījanat) (Causative Aorist)
• जिजनिषति (jijaniṣati) (Desiderative)
• जिजनयिषति (jijanayiṣati) (Desiderative of Causative)
• जञ्जन्यते (jañjanyate) (Intensive)
• जाजायते (jājāyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• जात (jātá) (Past Participle)
• जनितुम् (jánitum) (Infinitive)
• जनितोस् (jánitos) (Infinitive)
• जनित्वा (janitvā́) (Gerund)
• जनित्वी (janitvī́) (Gerund)
• जनितव्य (janitavyà) (Gerundive)
• जनित्व (jánitva) (Gerundive)
• जन्त्व (jántva) (Gerundive)
• जनयितव्य (janayitavya) (Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• आजान (ājā́na, “birth, descent, birthplace”)
• आजानि (ājā́ni, “birth, descent”)
• जन (jána, “person, people, race; generating”)
• जनक (janaká, “progenitor”)
• ज (já, “son of; father; birth”)
• जा (jā́, “race, tribe”)
• जास् (jā́s, “offspring”)
• जाति (jāti, “birth, family, species, breed”)
• जात (jātá, “son; birth; origin; race; genus”)
• जान (jā́na, “birth, origin, birthplace”)
• जानि (jā́ni, “birth, descent”)
• जनि (jáni, “birth, production, birthplace”)
• जनी (jánī, “birth, birthplace; daughter-in-law”)
• जन्तु (jantú, “offspring, kinsman”)
• जन्यु (janyu, “birth, creature”)
• जन्य (jánya, “people, community, nation”)
• जनुस् (janús, janū́s, “birth, production, descent, nativity; genus, class, kind”)
• जनुषा (januṣā, “necessarily, essentially, originally, by birth”)
• जनू (janū́, “birth, descent”)
• जनु (janu, “soul”)
• जेन्य (jénya, “of noble origin; genuine”)
• जातु (jā́tu, jātú, “at all, ever, perhaps”)
• जात्य (jā́tya, “legitimate; of a good family”)
• जनता (janátā, “people, folk; generation”)
• जनन (jánana, “progenitor, production, birth, race”)
• जज्ञि (jájñi, “germinating, shooting; seed”)
• जन्मिन् (janmin, “creature”)
• जानुका (jā́nukā, “bringing forth; woman”)
• जानपद (jā́napada, “inhabitant of a country, subject”)
• जनपद (janapadá, “community, nation, people; empire”)
• जना (janā, “birth, origin”)
• जननी (jananī, “mother”)
• जनितृ (janitṛ́, jánitṛ, “progenitor”)
• जनित्र (janítra, “home, origin, birthplace”)
• जनिमन् (jániman, “generation, birth, origin; offspring; creature; genus”)
• जन्म (janmá, “birth”)
• जन्मन् (jánman, “production, existence, nativity”)
• जाया (jāyā́, “bringing forth; wife”)
• जास्पति (jā́spáti, jā́spati, “head of a family”)
• जावन् (jā́van, “born, produced”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अधिजन् (adhijan)
• अनुजन् (anujan)
• अभिजन् (abhijan)
• आजन् (ājan)
• उज्जन् (ujjan)
• उपजन् (upajan)
• प्रजन् (prajan)
• विजन् (vijan)
• संजन् (saṃjan)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 410, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 52

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “jan”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 567-8