Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Javanese ꦗꦤꦥꦢ (janapada), from Old Javanese janapada, from Sanskrit जनपद (janapada, district, rural).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.na.pa.da/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧na‧pa‧da

Noun edit

janapada (first-person possessive janapadaku, second-person possessive janapadamu, third-person possessive janapadanya)

  1. suburban
  2. country, land
    Synonym: negeri

Further reading edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

jana +‎ pada. Compare Sanskrit जनपद (janapada). The term might not date back to the common ancestor of Pali and Sanskrit; the Sanskrit term has no attestation earlier than c. 600 BC.

Noun edit

janapada m

  1. countryside
  2. country, province
  3. inhabited region, continent

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Lao: ຊົນນະບົດ (son na bot)
  • Burmese: ဇနပုဒ် (ja.na.pud)

References edit

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “janapada”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead