जनि
Braj edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit यथा न (yathā na). Equivalent in function to Hindi मत (mat).
Particle edit
जनि (jani)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- ᬚᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
- জনি (Assamese script)
- জনি (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
- જનિ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦗꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
- ជនិ (Khmer script)
- ಜನಿ (Kannada script)
- ຊນິ (Lao script)
- ജനി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
- ဇနိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଜନି (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ජනි (Sinhalese script)
- జని (Telugu script)
- ชนิ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ནི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology edit
The sense “woman” is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni), 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (jaini, “woman”), Persian زن (zan), Central Kurdish ژن (jin), Ancient Greek γῠνή (gunḗ) (whence English gyno-), English queen. Doublet of ग्ना (gnā́).
The sense “birth”, which has been conflated with the word for “woman”, is from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”), whence also जन (jana, “people”), जनस् (janas, “race”), जनिमन् (janiman, “birth”), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जनि • (jáni) root form, f
- woman, wife
- birth, production
- (botany) a kind of fragrant plant
- mother
- birth, i.e. life
- birthplace
Declension edit
| Feminine i-stem declension of जनि (jáni) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जनिः jániḥ |
जनी jánī |
जनयः jánayaḥ |
| Vocative | जने jáne |
जनी jánī |
जनयः jánayaḥ |
| Accusative | जनिम् jánim |
जनी jánī |
जनीः jánīḥ |
| Instrumental | जन्या jányā |
जनिभ्याम् jánibhyām |
जनिभिः jánibhiḥ |
| Dative | जनये / जन्ये¹ / जन्यै² jánaye / jánye¹ / jányai² |
जनिभ्याम् jánibhyām |
जनिभ्यः jánibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | जनेः / जन्याः² jáneḥ / jányāḥ² |
जनिभ्याम् jánibhyām |
जनिभ्यः jánibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | जन्युर् jányur |
जन्योः jányoḥ |
जनीनाम् jánīnām |
| Locative | जनौ / जन्याम्² jánau / jányām² |
जन्योः jányoḥ |
जनिषु jániṣu |
| Notes |
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References edit
- Monier Williams (1899), “जनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411.