जननी

See also: जुनून, जानना, जनन, and जिन्न

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जननी (jananī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.niː/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.niː]

Noun

जननी • (jannī) f

1. (rare or figurative) mother; cause, source

   आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है।

   āvaśyaktā āviṣkār kī jannī hai.

   Need is the mother of invention.

Declension

Declension of जननी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जननी jannī	जननियाँ janniyā̃
oblique	जननी jannī	जननियों janniyõ
vocative	जननी jannī	जननियो janniyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জননী (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• জননী (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဇနနီ (Burmese script)
• જનની (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನನೀ (Kannada script)
• ជននី (Khmer script)
• ຊນນີ (Lao script)
• ജനനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଜନନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ජනනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஜநநீ (Tamil script)
• జననీ (Telugu script)
• ชนนี (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जननी • (jananī) stem, f

1. a mother

   Synonyms: मातृ (mātṛ), अम्बा (ambā), अम्बिका (ambikā), अम्बालिका (ambālikā)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of जननी (jananī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जननी jananī	जनन्यौ / जननी¹ jananyau / jananī¹	जनन्यः / जननीः¹ jananyaḥ / jananīḥ¹
Vocative	जननि janani	जनन्यौ / जननी¹ jananyau / jananī¹	जनन्यः / जननीः¹ jananyaḥ / jananīḥ¹
Accusative	जननीम् jananīm	जनन्यौ / जननी¹ jananyau / jananī¹	जननीः jananīḥ
Instrumental	जनन्या jananyā	जननीभ्याम् jananībhyām	जननीभिः jananībhiḥ
Dative	जनन्यै jananyai	जननीभ्याम् jananībhyām	जननीभ्यः jananībhyaḥ
Ablative	जनन्याः / जनन्यै² jananyāḥ / jananyai²	जननीभ्याम् jananībhyām	जननीभ्यः jananībhyaḥ
Genitive	जनन्याः / जनन्यै² jananyāḥ / jananyai²	जनन्योः jananyoḥ	जननीनाम् jananīnām
Locative	जनन्याम् jananyām	जनन्योः jananyoḥ	जननीषु jananīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899