जण

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa)

Apabhramsa जण (jaṇa)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana), from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, from *ǵenh₁- + *-os.

Noun

जण (jaṇa) m

1. person
   • c. 1020, Vir, Jambu-Sami-Chariu 9.15.4-5:

     करमि अकम्मु सिट्ठ-जण-दूसिउ मंदिरु तं न जं न मइँ मूसिउ ।
     तेरउ एक्क नवर न निहेलणु चोरमि अज्जु तं पि पेरिउ मणु ।

     karami akammu siṭṭha-jaṇa-dūsiu maṃdiru taṃ na jaṃ na maïm̐ mūsiu.
     teraü ekka navara na nihelaṇu corami ajju taṃ pi periu maṇu.

     I commit misdeeds that are condemned by civilised people. There is no house that I have not looted from.
     In fact, your house is the only one that I have not looted yet, so I am tempted to rob it today.

Declension

Declension of जण (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	जणु (jaṇu)	जण (jaṇa)
Accusative	जणु (jaṇu)	जण (jaṇa)
Instrumental	जणें (jaṇeṃ) or जणेणं (jaṇeṇaṃ) or जणेण (jaṇeṇa)	जण (jaṇa) or जणेहिं (jaṇehiṃ)
Dative	जणहो (jaṇaho) or जणसु (jaṇasu) or जणस्सु (jaṇassu)	जणहं (jaṇahaṃ)
Ablative	जणहे (jaṇahe) or जणहु (jaṇahu)	जणहुं (jaṇahuṃ)
Genitive	जणहो (jaṇaho) or जणसु (jaṇasu) or जणस्सु (jaṇassu)	जणहं (jaṇahaṃ) or जणाणं (jaṇāṇaṃ) or जणाण (jaṇāṇa)
Locative	जणि (jaṇi) or जणे (jaṇe)	जणहिं (jaṇahiṃ)
Vocative	जण (jaṇa)	जणहो (jaṇaho)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: जन (jan), जना (janā)
    • Urdu: جَن (jan), جَنا (janā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Assamese: -জন (-zon)
  • Bengali: -জন (-jon)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Shahmukhi script: جَن (jan)

    Gurmukhi script: ਜਨ (jan)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: जण (jaṇa)

    • Marathi: ज़ण (j̈aṇ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: जण (jaṇa)
    • Gujarati: જણ (jaṇ), જણું (jaṇũ)
    • Marwari: जणौ (jaṇau)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa)

Apabhramsa जण (jaṇa)

Old Gujarati जण (jaṇa)

Inherited from Apabhramsa जण (jaṇa), from Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana), from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, from *ǵenh₁- + *-os.

Noun

जण • (jaṇa) m

1. man, person

Descendants

• Gujarati: જણ (jaṇ), જણું (jaṇũ)
• Marwari: जणौ (jaṇau)

Prakrit

Noun

जण (jaṇa) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑀡

Declension

Maharastri declension of जण (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	जणो (jaṇo)	जणा (jaṇā)
Accusative	जणं (jaṇaṃ)	जणे (jaṇe) or जणा (jaṇā)
Instrumental	जणेण (jaṇeṇa) or जणेणं (jaṇeṇaṃ)	जणेहि (jaṇehi) or जणेहिं (jaṇehiṃ)
Dative	जणाअ (jaṇāa)	—
Ablative	जणाओ (jaṇāo) or जणाउ (jaṇāu) or जणा (jaṇā) or जणाहि (jaṇāhi) or जणाहिंतो (jaṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	जणस्स (jaṇassa)	जणाण (jaṇāṇa) or जणाणं (jaṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	जणम्मि (jaṇammi) or जणे (jaṇe)	जणेसु (jaṇesu) or जणेसुं (jaṇesuṃ)
Vocative	जण (jaṇa) or जणा (jaṇā)	जणा (jaṇā)