जटामांसी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटामांसी (jaṭāmāṃsī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʈɑː.mɑːn.siː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʈäː.mä̃ːn.siː]

Noun

जटामांसी • (jaṭāmānsī) f (Urdu spelling جٹامانسی)

1. spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi)
2. nard oil

Declension

Declension of जटामांसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जटामांसी jaṭāmānsī	जटामांसियाँ jaṭāmānsiyā̃
oblique	जटामांसी jaṭāmānsī	जटामांसियों jaṭāmānsiyõ
vocative	जटामांसी jaṭāmānsī	जटामांसियो jaṭāmānsiyo

Sanskrit

जटामांसी

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জটামাংসী (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬝᬵᬫᬵᬂᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
• জটামাংসী (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰘𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀝𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဇဋာမာံသီ (Burmese script)
• જટામાંસી (Gujarati script)
• ਜਟਾਮਾਂਸੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦛꦴꦩꦴꦁꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂗𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂁𑂮𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಟಾಮಾಂಸೀ (Kannada script)
• ជដាមាំសី (Khmer script)
• ຊຏາມາໍສີ (Lao script)
• ജടാമാംസീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢞᠠᢇᢀ᠋ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘘𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢌᠠ᠋᠎ᠠᢀ᠋ᠮᠠᢗᠰᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑦸𑧑𑧆𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐚𑐵𑐩𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଜଟାମାଂସୀ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢜꢵꢪꢵꢀꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆛𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖘𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ජටාමාංසී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩦𑩛𑩴𑩛𑪖𑪁𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚔𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚫𑚨𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஜடாமாஂஸீ (Tamil script)
• జటామాంసీ (Telugu script)
• ชฏามาํสี (Thai script)
• ཛ་ཊཱ་མཱཾ་སཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒙𑒰𑒧𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨔𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨸𑨰𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of जटा (jaṭā, “dreadlocks”) +‎ मनस् (manas, “mind”), in reference to the appearance of the rhizomes, and the effect of its essential oil on the nervous system.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈɑː.mɑ̃ː.siː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈɑːˈmɑ̃ː.s̪iː/

Noun

जटामांसी • (jaṭāmāṃsī) stem, f

1. spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi)

   Synonyms: आमिषी (āmiṣī), किरातिनी (kirātinī), मिषिका (miṣikā), पला (palā)

2. nard oil

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of जटामांसी (jaṭāmāṃsī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जटामांसी jaṭāmāṃsī	जटामांस्यौ / जटामांसी¹ jaṭāmāṃsyau / jaṭāmāṃsī¹	जटामांस्यः / जटामांसीः¹ jaṭāmāṃsyaḥ / jaṭāmāṃsīḥ¹
Vocative	जटामांसि jaṭāmāṃsi	जटामांस्यौ / जटामांसी¹ jaṭāmāṃsyau / jaṭāmāṃsī¹	जटामांस्यः / जटामांसीः¹ jaṭāmāṃsyaḥ / jaṭāmāṃsīḥ¹
Accusative	जटामांसीम् jaṭāmāṃsīm	जटामांस्यौ / जटामांसी¹ jaṭāmāṃsyau / jaṭāmāṃsī¹	जटामांसीः jaṭāmāṃsīḥ
Instrumental	जटामांस्या jaṭāmāṃsyā	जटामांसीभ्याम् jaṭāmāṃsībhyām	जटामांसीभिः jaṭāmāṃsībhiḥ
Dative	जटामांस्यै jaṭāmāṃsyai	जटामांसीभ्याम् jaṭāmāṃsībhyām	जटामांसीभ्यः jaṭāmāṃsībhyaḥ
Ablative	जटामांस्याः / जटामांस्यै² jaṭāmāṃsyāḥ / jaṭāmāṃsyai²	जटामांसीभ्याम् jaṭāmāṃsībhyām	जटामांसीभ्यः jaṭāmāṃsībhyaḥ
Genitive	जटामांस्याः / जटामांस्यै² jaṭāmāṃsyāḥ / jaṭāmāṃsyai²	जटामांस्योः jaṭāmāṃsyoḥ	जटामांसीनाम् jaṭāmāṃsīnām
Locative	जटामांस्याम् jaṭāmāṃsyām	जटामांस्योः jaṭāmāṃsyoḥ	जटामांसीषु jaṭāmāṃsīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: जटामांसी (jaṭāmānsī)
• → Nepali: जटामांसी (jaṭāmānsī)
• → Bengali: জটামাংসী (joṭamaṅśi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जटामांसी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409.