जन्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to beget). Compare Latin gignō, genus, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), English kind.

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    Root

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    जन् (jan)

    1. (sa, Class 1) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause.
    2. (sa, Class 4) to be born or produced, come into existence.

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “जन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 410.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 52
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 567-8