जनपद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जनपद (janápada).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.pəd̪/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.pɐd̪]

Noun

जनपद • (janpad) m

1. district

   Synonym: ज़िला (zilā)

Declension

Declension of जनपद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनपद janpad	जनपद janpad
oblique	जनपद janpad	जनपदों janpadõ
vocative	जनपद janpad	जनपदो janpado

Derived terms

• महाजनपद (mahājanpad)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• janapada (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• জনপদ (Bengali script)
• ජනපද (Sinhalese script)
• ဇနပဒ or ၹၼပၻ (Burmese script)
• ชนปท or ชะนะปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນປທ or ຊະນະປະທະ (Lao script)
• ជនបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄚𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

जनपद m

1. Devanagari script form of janapada (“country”)

Declension

Declension table of "जनपद" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जनपदो (janapado)	जनपदा (janapadā)
Accusative (second)	जनपदं (janapadaṃ)	जनपदे (janapade)
Instrumental (third)	जनपदेन (janapadena)	जनपदेहि (janapadehi) or जनपदेभि (janapadebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जनपदस्स (janapadassa) or जनपदाय (janapadāya) or जनपदत्थं (janapadatthaṃ)	जनपदानं (janapadānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जनपदस्मा (janapadasmā) or जनपदम्हा (janapadamhā) or जनपदा (janapadā)	जनपदेहि (janapadehi) or जनपदेभि (janapadebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जनपदस्स (janapadassa)	जनपदानं (janapadānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जनपदस्मिं (janapadasmiṃ) or जनपदम्हि (janapadamhi) or जनपदे (janapade)	जनपदेसु (janapadesu)
Vocative (calling)	जनपद (janapada)	जनपदा (janapadā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জনপদ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦᬧᬤ (Balinese script)
• জনপদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰢𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ဇနပဒ (Burmese script)
• જનપદ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਪਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌪𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤꦥꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂣𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನಪದ (Kannada script)
• ជនបទ (Khmer script)
• ຊນປທ (Lao script)
• ജനപദ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᢒᠠᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘢𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᢒᠠᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧂𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐥𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଜନପଦ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢦꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆥𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖢𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ජනපද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯𑩰𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚞𑚛 (Takri script)
• ஜநபத³ (Tamil script)
• జనపద (Telugu script)
• ชนปท (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་པ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒣𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨞𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of जन (jána, “people”) +‎ पद (padá, “foot”), literally “foothold of the people”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.pɐ.dɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.pɐ.d̪ɐ/

Noun

जनपद • (janapadá) stem, m

1. Janapadas, a number of Kingdoms and Republics, extant from c. 15th to 6th Century BCE.
2. a community, nation, people (as opposed to the sovereign)
3. an empire, inhabited country
4. mankind

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनपद

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जनपदः (janapadáḥ)	जनपदौ (janapadaú) जनपदा¹ (janapadā́¹)	जनपदाः (janapadā́ḥ) जनपदासः¹ (janapadā́saḥ¹)
vocative	जनपद (jánapada)	जनपदौ (jánapadau) जनपदा¹ (jánapadā¹)	जनपदाः (jánapadāḥ) जनपदासः¹ (jánapadāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जनपदम् (janapadám)	जनपदौ (janapadaú) जनपदा¹ (janapadā́¹)	जनपदान् (janapadā́n)
instrumental	जनपदेन (janapadéna)	जनपदाभ्याम् (janapadā́bhyām)	जनपदैः (janapadaíḥ) जनपदेभिः¹ (janapadébhiḥ¹)
dative	जनपदाय (janapadā́ya)	जनपदाभ्याम् (janapadā́bhyām)	जनपदेभ्यः (janapadébhyaḥ)
ablative	जनपदात् (janapadā́t)	जनपदाभ्याम् (janapadā́bhyām)	जनपदेभ्यः (janapadébhyaḥ)
genitive	जनपदस्य (janapadásya)	जनपदयोः (janapadáyoḥ)	जनपदानाम् (janapadā́nām)
locative	जनपदे (janapadé)	जनपदयोः (janapadáyoḥ)	जनपदेषु (janapadéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “janapada”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.