जनक

See also: जनको and -जनक

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Noun

जनक (janak) m

1. father
   • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 36.3:

     को है जनक कौन है जननी

     ko hai janak kaun hai jannī

     • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell

       who is his father, who is his mother

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nək/, [d͡ʒə.n̪ək]

Noun

जनक • (janak) m

1. father

   Synonym: पितृ (pitri)

Declension

Declension of जनक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनक janak	जनक janak
oblique	जनक janak	जनकों janakõ
vocative	जनक janak	जनको janako

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
• জনক (Assamese script)
• জনক (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
• જનક (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦗꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
• ជនក (Khmer script)
• ಜನಕ (Kannada script)
• ຊນກ (Lao script)
• ജനക (Malayalam script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဇနက (Burmese script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଜନକ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ජනක (Sinhalese script)
• జనక (Telugu script)
• ชนก (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”) +‎ -अक (-aka), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

जनक • (janaka) root form, m

1. a progenitor, father
2. (music) a kind of measure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक (janaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनकः janakaḥ	जनकौ janakau	जनकाः / जनकासः¹ janakāḥ / janakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जनक janaka	जनकौ janakau	जनकाः / जनकासः¹ janakāḥ / janakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जनकम् janakam	जनकौ janakau	जनकान् janakān
Instrumental	जनकेन janakena	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकैः / जनकेभिः¹ janakaiḥ / janakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जनकाय janakāya	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकेभ्यः janakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जनकात् janakāt	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकेभ्यः janakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जनकस्य janakasya	जनकयोः janakayoḥ	जनकानाम् janakānām
Locative	जनके janake	जनकयोः janakayoḥ	जनकेषु janakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

जनक • (janaka)

1. name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)
2. name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)
3. name of another king Rājat
4. name of a disciple of भगवत्
5. name of several official men Rājat
6. (in the plural) the descendants of जनक

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक (janaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनकः janakaḥ	जनकौ janakau	जनकाः / जनकासः¹ janakāḥ / janakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जनक janaka	जनकौ janakau	जनकाः / जनकासः¹ janakāḥ / janakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जनकम् janakam	जनकौ janakau	जनकान् janakān
Instrumental	जनकेन janakena	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकैः / जनकेभिः¹ janakaiḥ / janakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जनकाय janakāya	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकेभ्यः janakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जनकात् janakāt	जनकाभ्याम् janakābhyām	जनकेभ्यः janakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जनकस्य janakasya	जनकयोः janakayoḥ	जनकानाम् janakānām
Locative	जनके janake	जनकयोः janakayoḥ	जनकेषु janakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899