जनू

Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.núː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪uː/

Noun

जनू • (janū́) stem, f

1. birth , production , descent

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जनू

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जनूः (janū́ḥ)	जन्वौ (janvaù) जनू¹ (janū́¹)	जन्वः (janvàḥ) जनूः¹ (janū́ḥ¹)
vocative	जनु (jánu)	जन्वौ (jánvau) जनू¹ (jánū¹)	जन्वः (jánvaḥ) जनूः¹ (jánūḥ¹)
accusative	जनूम् (janū́m)	जन्वौ (janvaù) जनू¹ (janū́¹)	जनूः (janū́ḥ)
instrumental	जन्वा (janvā́)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभिः (janū́bhiḥ)
dative	जन्वै (janvaí)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभ्यः (janū́bhyaḥ)
ablative	जन्वाः (janvā́ḥ) जन्वै² (janvaí²)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभ्यः (janū́bhyaḥ)
genitive	जन्वाः (janvā́ḥ) जन्वै² (janvaí²)	जन्वोः (janvóḥ)	जनूनाम् (janū́nām)
locative	जन्वाम् (janvā́m)	जन्वोः (janvóḥ)	जनूषु (janū́ṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• जनु (janu)