jana

See also: Jana, jaña, and Jāņa

Finnish

Etymology

From a dialectal word meaning "row, line". First instance of the modern meaning in geometry is from 1860.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑnɑ/, [ˈjɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: ja‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ

Noun

jana

1. (geometry) line segment

Declension

Inflection of jana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		jana	janat
genitive		janan	janojen
partitive		janaa	janoja
illative		janaan	janoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jana	janat
accusative	nom.	jana	janat
	gen.	janan
genitive		janan	janojen janainrare
partitive		janaa	janoja
inessive		janassa	janoissa
elative		janasta	janoista
illative		janaan	janoihin
adessive		janalla	janoilla
ablative		janalta	janoilta
allative		janalle	janoille
essive		janana	janoina
translative		janaksi	janoiksi
instructive		—	janoin
abessive		janatta	janoitta
comitative		—	janoineen

Derived terms

• aikajana (“timeline”)

Anagrams

• Anja, ajan, jaan

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Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (De'kwana): jaana

Noun

jana

1. (Ye'kwana dialect) ear

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

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Pali

Etymology

From Sanskrit जन (jana)

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• जन (Devanagari script)
• জন (Bengali script)
• ජන (Sinhalese script)
• ဇန (Burmese script)
• ชน (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ជន (Khmer script)

Noun

jana m

1. person; man; people

Declension

Declension table of "jana" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	jano	janā
Accusative (second)	janaṃ	jane
Instrumental (third)	janena	janehi or janebhi
Dative (fourth)	janassa or janāya or janatthaṃ	janānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	janasmā or janamhā or janā	janehi or janebhi
Genitive (sixth)	janassa	janānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	janasmiṃ or janamhi or jane	janesu
Vocative (calling)	jana	janā

Descendants

• Burmese: ဇန (ja.na.)

References

jana in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʄana/

Etymology 1

Adverb

jana

1. yesterday

Noun

jana (n class, plural jana)

1. yesterday

Etymology 2

From the root of mwana.

Noun

jana (ma class, plural majana)

1. Augmentative of mwana: large child
2. larva, grub

Derived terms

• kijana (“youth”)