जनितृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জনিতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- জনিতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဇနိတၖ (Burmese script)
- જનિતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನಿತೃ (Kannada script)
- ជនិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ຊນິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ജനിതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଜନିତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- ජනිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
- ஜநித்ரி (Tamil script)
- జనితృ (Telugu script)
- ชนิตฺฤ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ནི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent, begetter, father”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γενέτωρ (genétōr), Latin genitor.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ni.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪i.t̪r̩/
Noun
ज॒नि॒तृ • (janitṛ́) stem, m
- a father, progenitor, begetter, creator
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.96.5:
- सोमः॑ पवते जनि॒ता म॑ती॒नां ज॑नि॒ता दि॒वो ज॑नि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्याः ।
ज॒नि॒ताग्नेर् ज॑नि॒ता सूर्य॑स्य जनि॒तेन्द्र॑स्य जनि॒तोत विष्णोः॑ ॥- sómaḥ pavate janitā́ matīnā́ṃ janitā́ divó janitā́ pṛthivyā́ḥ.
janitā́gnér janitā́ sū́ryasya janiténdrasya janitótá víṣṇoḥ. - Soma flows onward, the Father of holy hymns, the Father of the earth, Father of heaven:
Father of Agni, Father of Sūrya, the Father of Indra and the Father of Viṣṇu.
- sómaḥ pavate janitā́ matīnā́ṃ janitā́ divó janitā́ pṛthivyā́ḥ.
- सोमः॑ पवते जनि॒ता म॑ती॒नां ज॑नि॒ता दि॒वो ज॑नि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्याः ।
- producer
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.76.4:
- प्र॒जाव॑ता॒ वच॑सा॒ वह्नि॑र् आ॒सा च॑ हु॒वे नि च॑ सत्सी॒ह दे॒वैः ।
वेषि॑ हो॒त्रम् उ॒त पो॒त्रं य॑जत्र बो॒धि प्र॑यन्तर् जनित॒र् वसू॑नाम् ॥- prajā́vatā vácasā váhnir āsā́ ca huvé ní ca satsīhá deváiḥ.
véṣi hotrám utá potráṃ yajatra bodhí prayantar janitar vásūnām. - Thou Priest with lip and voice that bring us children hast been invoked. Here with the Gods be seated.
Thine is the task of Cleanser and Presenter: waken us, O Bestower and Producer of wealth.
- prajā́vatā vácasā váhnir āsā́ ca huvé ní ca satsīhá deváiḥ.
- प्र॒जाव॑ता॒ वच॑सा॒ वह्नि॑र् आ॒सा च॑ हु॒वे नि च॑ सत्सी॒ह दे॒वैः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ज॒नि॒ता (janitā́) | ज॒नि॒तारौ॑ (janitā́rau) ज॒नि॒तारा॑¹ (janitā́rā¹) |
ज॒नि॒तारः॑ (janitā́raḥ) |
| accusative | ज॒नि॒तार॑म् (janitā́ram) | ज॒नि॒तारौ॑ (janitā́rau) ज॒नि॒तारा॑¹ (janitā́rā¹) |
ज॒नि॒तॄन् (janitṝ́n) |
| instrumental | ज॒नि॒त्रा (janitrā́) | ज॒नि॒तृभ्या॑म् (janitṛ́bhyām) | ज॒नि॒तृभिः॑ (janitṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | ज॒नि॒त्रे (janitré) | ज॒नि॒तृभ्या॑म् (janitṛ́bhyām) | ज॒नि॒तृभ्यः॑ (janitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ज॒नि॒तुः (janitúḥ) | ज॒नि॒तृभ्या॑म् (janitṛ́bhyām) | ज॒नि॒तृभ्यः॑ (janitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ज॒नि॒तुः (janitúḥ) | ज॒नि॒त्रोः (janitróḥ) | ज॒नि॒तॄ॒णाम् (janitṝṇā́m) |
| locative | ज॒नि॒तरि॑ (janitári) | ज॒नि॒त्रोः (janitróḥ) | ज॒नि॒तृषु॑ (janitṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | जनि॑तः (jánitaḥ) | जनि॑तारौ (jánitārau) जनि॑तारा¹ (jánitārā¹) |
जनि॑तारः (jánitāraḥ) |
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