जन्म

See also: जनम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन्म (janma).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.mᵊ/, [d͡ʒə̃n̪.mᵊ]

Noun

जन्म • (janma) m

1. birth
2. existence, life

Declension

Declension of जन्म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जन्म janma	जन्म janma
oblique	जन्म janma	जन्मों janmõ
vocative	जन्म janma	जन्मो janmo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬦ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
• জন্ম (Assamese script)
• জন্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• જન્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨੑਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
• ជន្ម (Khmer script)
• ಜನ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• ຊນ຺ມ (Lao script)
• ജന്മ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဇန္မ (Burmese script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଜନ୍ମ (Oriya script)
• ꢙꢥ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ජන්ම (Sinhalese script)
• జన్మ (Telugu script)
• ชนฺม (Thai script)
• ཛ་ནྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root जन् (jan). See जनति (janati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́n.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.mɐ/

Noun

जन्म • (jánma) n

1. nominative singular of जन्मन् (jánman)

Descendants

• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: جَمّہ‎ (jamma) / ਜੰਮ (jamma)
• → Gujarati: જન્મ (janma)
• → Hindi: जन्म (janma)
• → Javanese: ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (janma)
• → Magahi: 𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂧 (janm)
• → Punjabi: ਜਨਮ (janam)
• → Tamil: ஜன்மம் (jaṉmam)
• → Telugu: జన్మము (janmamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जन्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0411.