जनस्
See also: जीन्स
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জনস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জনস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဇနသ် (Burmese script)
- જનસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ជនស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຊນສ຺ (Lao script)
- ജനസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜନସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ජනස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஜநஸ் (Tamil script)
- జనస్ (Telugu script)
- ชนสฺ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), Latin genus.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐs̪/
Noun
जन॑स् • (jánas) stem, n
- race, class of beings
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.4:
- तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
पृश्न्याः॑ पत॒रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒क्षभिः॑ पा॒थो न पा॒युं जन॑सी उ॒भे अनु॑॥- támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
pṛ́śnyāḥ pataráṃ citáyantamakṣábhiḥ pāthó ná pāyúṃ jánasī ubhé ánu. - They have placed him in his solitary dwelling, who is shedding moisture upon the earth; resplendent as gold traversing the firmament, animate with flames, and pervading the two parents (off all things, heaven and earth), like refreshing water.
- támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
- तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जनः॑ (jánaḥ) | जन॑सी (jánasī) | जनां॑सि (jánāṃsi) |
| accusative | जनः॑ (jánaḥ) | जन॑सी (jánasī) | जनां॑सि (jánāṃsi) |
| instrumental | जन॑सा (jánasā) | जनो॑भ्याम् (jánobhyām) | जनो॑भिः (jánobhiḥ) |
| dative | जन॑से (jánase) | जनो॑भ्याम् (jánobhyām) | जनो॑भ्यः (jánobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जन॑सः (jánasaḥ) | जनो॑भ्याम् (jánobhyām) | जनो॑भ्यः (jánobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जन॑सः (jánasaḥ) | जन॑सोः (jánasoḥ) | जन॑साम् (jánasām) |
| locative | जन॑सि (jánasi) | जन॑सोः (jánasoḥ) | जनः॑सु (jánaḥsu) |
| vocative | जनः॑ (jánaḥ) | जन॑सी (jánasī) | जनां॑सि (jánāṃsi) |