जनपद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जनपद (janápada).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जनपद • (janpad) m

1. district

   Synonym: ज़िला (zilā)

Declension

Declension of जनपद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनपद janpad	जनपद janpad
oblique	जनपद janpad	जनपदों janpadõ
vocative	जनपद janpad	जनपदो janpado

Derived terms

• महाजनपद (mahājanpad)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• janapada (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• জনপদ (Bengali script)
• ජනපද (Sinhalese script)
• ဇနပဒ or ၹၼပၻ (Burmese script)
• ชนปท or ชะนะปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນປທ or ຊະນະປະທະ (Lao script)
• ជនបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄚𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

जनपद m

1. Devanagari script form of janapada (“country”)

Declension

Declension table of "जनपद" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जनपदो (janapado)	जनपदा (janapadā)
Accusative (second)	जनपदं (janapadaṃ)	जनपदे (janapade)
Instrumental (third)	जनपदेन (janapadena)	जनपदेहि (janapadehi) or जनपदेभि (janapadebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जनपदस्स (janapadassa) or जनपदाय (janapadāya) or जनपदत्थं (janapadatthaṃ)	जनपदानं (janapadānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जनपदस्मा (janapadasmā) or जनपदम्हा (janapadamhā) or जनपदा (janapadā)	जनपदेहि (janapadehi) or जनपदेभि (janapadebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जनपदस्स (janapadassa)	जनपदानं (janapadānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जनपदस्मिं (janapadasmiṃ) or जनपदम्हि (janapadamhi) or जनपदे (janapade)	जनपदेसु (janapadesu)
Vocative (calling)	जनपद (janapada)	जनपदा (janapadā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জনপদ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦᬧᬤ (Balinese script)
• জনপদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰢𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ဇနပဒ (Burmese script)
• જનપદ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਪਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌪𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤꦥꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂣𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನಪದ (Kannada script)
• ជនបទ (Khmer script)
• ຊນປທ (Lao script)
• ജനപദ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᢒᠠᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘢𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᢒᠠᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧂𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐥𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଜନପଦ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢦꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆥𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖢𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ජනපද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯𑩰𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚞𑚛 (Takri script)
• ஜநபத³ (Tamil script)
• జనపద (Telugu script)
• ชนปท (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་པ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒣𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨞𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From जन (jana, “people”) +‎ पद (pada, “foot”), literally “foothold of the people”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ́.pɐ.dɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.pɐ.d̪ɐ/

Noun

जनपद • (janápada) stem, m

1. a community, nation, people (as opposed to the sovereign)
2. an empire, inhabited country
3. mankind

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनपद (janapada)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जनपदः janapadaḥ	जनपदौ / जनपदा¹ janapadau / janapadā¹	जनपदाः / जनपदासः¹ janapadāḥ / janapadāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जनपद janapada	जनपदौ / जनपदा¹ janapadau / janapadā¹	जनपदाः / जनपदासः¹ janapadāḥ / janapadāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जनपदम् janapadam	जनपदौ / जनपदा¹ janapadau / janapadā¹	जनपदान् janapadān
Instrumental	जनपदेन janapadena	जनपदाभ्याम् janapadābhyām	जनपदैः / जनपदेभिः¹ janapadaiḥ / janapadebhiḥ¹
Dative	जनपदाय janapadāya	जनपदाभ्याम् janapadābhyām	जनपदेभ्यः janapadebhyaḥ
Ablative	जनपदात् janapadāt	जनपदाभ्याम् janapadābhyām	जनपदेभ्यः janapadebhyaḥ
Genitive	जनपदस्य janapadasya	जनपदयोः janapadayoḥ	जनपदानाम् janapadānām
Locative	जनपदे janapade	जनपदयोः janapadayoḥ	जनपदेषु janapadeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “janapada”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.