जनू
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জনূ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦᬹ (Balinese script)
- জনূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- ဇနူ (Burmese script)
- જનૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನೂ (Kannada script)
- ជនូ (Khmer script)
- ຊນູ (Lao script)
- ജനൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଜନୂ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖳 (Siddham script)
- ජනූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚱 (Takri script)
- ஜநூ (Tamil script)
- జనూ (Telugu script)
- ชนู (Thai script)
- ཛ་ནཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.núː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪uː/
Noun
ज॒नू • (janū́) stem, f
- birth , production , descent
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ज॒नूः (janū́ḥ) | ज॒न्वौ॑ (janvàu) ज॒नू¹ (janū́¹) |
ज॒न्वः॑ (janvàḥ) ज॒नूः¹ (janū́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | ज॒नूम् (janū́m) | ज॒न्वौ॑ (janvàu) ज॒नू¹ (janū́¹) |
ज॒नूः (janū́ḥ) |
| instrumental | ज॒न्वा (janvā́) | ज॒नूभ्या॑म् (janū́bhyām) | ज॒नूभिः॑ (janū́bhiḥ) |
| dative | ज॒न्वै (janvái) | ज॒नूभ्या॑म् (janū́bhyām) | ज॒नूभ्यः॑ (janū́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ज॒न्वाः (janvā́ḥ) ज॒न्वै² (janvái²) |
ज॒नूभ्या॑म् (janū́bhyām) | ज॒नूभ्यः॑ (janū́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ज॒न्वाः (janvā́ḥ) ज॒न्वै² (janvái²) |
ज॒न्वोः (janvóḥ) | ज॒नूना॑म् (janū́nām) |
| locative | ज॒न्वाम् (janvā́m) | ज॒न्वोः (janvóḥ) | ज॒नूषु॑ (janū́ṣu) |
| vocative | जनु॑ (jánu) | जन्वौ॑ (jánvau) जनू॑¹ (jánū¹) |
जन्वः॑ (jánvaḥ) जनूः॑¹ (jánūḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- जनु (janu)