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जानु

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Nepali

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀇 (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti, from *yeh₂-.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [d͡zänu]
    • Phonetic Devanagari: जानु

    Verb

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    जानु (jānu)

    1. to go, to leave, to depart

    Conjugation

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    Sanskrit

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́nu (knee), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (knee).

    Cognate with Old Armenian ծունգք (cungkʻ), Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, knee), Latin genu (knee), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānu), Persian زانو (zânu), Old English cnēow (whence English knee)).

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    Noun

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    जानु॑ (jā́nu) stemn

    1. (anatomy) knee
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.15.6:
        आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येमं यज्ञमभि गृणीत विश्वे ।
        मा हिंसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन्नो यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम ॥
        ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyemaṃ yajñamabhi gṛṇīta viśve.
        mā hiṃsiṣṭa pitaraḥ kena cinno yadva āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma.
        Bowing your bended knees and seated southward, accept this sacrifice of ours with favour.
        Punish us not for any sin, O Fathers, which we through human frailty have committed.

    Declension

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    Neuter u-stem declension of जानु॑
    singular dual plural
    nominative जानु॑ (jā́nu) जानु॑नी (jā́nunī)
    जान्वी॑¹ (jā́nvī¹)
    जानू॑नि (jā́nūni)
    जानु॑¹ (jā́nu¹)
    जानू॑¹ (jā́nū¹)
    accusative जानु॑ (jā́nu) जानु॑नी (jā́nunī)
    जान्वी॑¹ (jā́nvī¹)
    जानू॑नि (jā́nūni)
    जानु॑¹ (jā́nu¹)
    जानू॑¹ (jā́nū¹)
    instrumental जानु॑ना (jā́nunā)
    जान्वा॑¹ (jā́nvā¹)
    जानु॑भ्याम् (jā́nubhyām) जानु॑भिः (jā́nubhiḥ)
    dative जानु॑ने (jā́nune)
    जान॑वे¹ (jā́nave¹)
    जान्वे॑¹ (jā́nve¹)
    जानु॑भ्याम् (jā́nubhyām) जानु॑भ्यः (jā́nubhyaḥ)
    ablative जानु॑नः (jā́nunaḥ)
    जानोः॑¹ (jā́noḥ¹)
    जान्वः॑¹ (jā́nvaḥ¹)
    जानु॑भ्याम् (jā́nubhyām) जानु॑भ्यः (jā́nubhyaḥ)
    genitive जानु॑नः (jā́nunaḥ)
    जानोः॑¹ (jā́noḥ¹)
    जान्वः॑¹ (jā́nvaḥ¹)
    जानु॑नोः (jā́nunoḥ)
    जान्वोः॑¹ (jā́nvoḥ¹)
    जानू॑नाम् (jā́nūnām)
    locative जानु॑नि (jā́nuni)
    जानौ॑¹ (jā́nau¹)
    जानु॑नोः (jā́nunoḥ)
    जान्वोः॑¹ (jā́nvoḥ¹)
    जानु॑षु (jā́nuṣu)
    vocative जानु॑ (jā́nu)
    जानो॑ (jā́no)
    जानु॑नी (jā́nunī)
    जान्वी॑¹ (jā́nvī¹)
    जानू॑नि (jā́nūni)
    जानु॑¹ (jā́nu¹)
    जानू॑¹ (jā́nū¹)
    • ¹Vedic
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    Descendants

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    • Helu Prakrit:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Lahnda:
        Khetrani: [script needed] (jā̃ṇu)
    • Pali: jānu
    • Telugu: జానువు (jānuvu)

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