jāṇu
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Pali
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit जानु (jānu). Doublet of jānu.
Noun
[edit]jāṇu n
- knee
- [1958, A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera, Concise Pāli-English Dictionary, 2nd edition (in English), page 128:
- Jāṇu, m. the knee.]
- c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:
- Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.
- 'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "jāṇu" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | jāṇu | jāṇūni or jāṇū |
Accusative (second) | jāṇuṃ | jāṇūni or jāṇū |
Instrumental (third) | jāṇunā | jāṇūhi or jāṇūbhi |
Dative (fourth) | jāṇussa or jāṇuno | jāṇūnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | jāṇusmā or jāṇumhā | jāṇūhi or jāṇūbhi |
Genitive (sixth) | jāṇussa or jāṇuno | jāṇūnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | jāṇusmiṃ or jāṇumhi | jāṇūsu |
Vocative (calling) | jāṇu | jāṇūni or jāṇū |