जनि
Braj
Etymology
From Sanskrit यथा न (yathā na). Equivalent in function to Hindi मत (mat).
Particle
जनि (jani)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- জনি (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
- জনি (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဇနိ (Burmese script)
- જનિ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನಿ (Kannada script)
- ជនិ (Khmer script)
- ຊນິ (Lao script)
- ജനി (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଜନି (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ජනි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஜநி (Tamil script)
- జని (Telugu script)
- ชนิ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ནི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
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 (gŭnḗ) (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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ni/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪i/
Noun
जनि॑ • (jáni) stem, f
- woman, wife
- birth, production
- (botany) a kind of fragrant plant
- mother
- birth, i.e. life
- birthplace
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जनिः॑ (jániḥ) | जनी॑ (jánī) | जन॑यः (jánayaḥ) |
| accusative | जनि॑म् (jánim) | जनी॑ (jánī) | जनीः॑ (jánīḥ) |
| instrumental | जन्या॑ (jányā) जनी॑¹ (jánī¹) |
जनि॑भ्याम् (jánibhyām) | जनि॑भिः (jánibhiḥ) |
| dative | जन॑ये (jánaye) जन्यै॑² (jányai²) जनी॑¹ (jánī¹) |
जनि॑भ्याम् (jánibhyām) | जनि॑भ्यः (jánibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जनेः॑ (jáneḥ) जन्याः॑² (jányāḥ²) जन्यै॑³ (jányai³) |
जनि॑भ्याम् (jánibhyām) | जनि॑भ्यः (jánibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जन्यु॑र् (jányur) | जन्योः॑ (jányoḥ) | जनी॑नाम् (jánīnām) |
| locative | जनौ॑ (jánau) जन्या॑म्² (jányām²) जना॑¹ (jánā¹) |
जन्योः॑ (jányoḥ) | जनि॑षु (jániṣu) |
| vocative | जने॑ (jáne) | जनी॑ (jánī) | जन॑यः (jánayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “जनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411.