जन्मन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From जनिमन् (janiman).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́n.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.mɐn̪/

Noun

जन्मन् • (jánman) stem, n

1. birth, production, origin
2. existence, life
3. nativity Lit. VarBṛS. i, 10
4. re-birth Lit. Sarvad. xi
5. birthplace, home Lit. RV. ii, 9, 3; viii, 69, 3; x, 5, 7 Lit. AV. Lit.
6. progenitor, father Lit. Śak. vii, 18
7. a creature, being Lit. RV. Lit. TBr. ii Lit. AitBr. iv, 10
8. people Lit. RV. ii, 26 , 3; iii, 15, 2
9. the people of a household, kind, race Lit. RV. ( [ubháyaj] sg., du. and pl., " both races " i.e. gods and men or ( Lit. x, 37, 11 ) men and animals)
10. nature, quality, Lit. i, 70, 2
11. custom, manner ( [pratnéna jánmanā], according to ancient custom) Lit. , i, 87, 5; ix, 3, 9 Lit. SV. (v.l. [manm] Lit. RV.) Lit. Hariv. 15718 ( [dūta-janmanā] , "like a messenger" )

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of जन्मन् (jánman)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जन्म jánma	जन्मनी jánmanī	जन्मानि / जन्म¹ / जन्मा¹ jánmāni / jánma¹ / jánmā¹
Vocative	जन्मन् / जन्म jánman / jánma	जन्मनी jánmanī	जन्मानि / जन्म¹ / जन्मा¹ jánmāni / jánma¹ / jánmā¹
Accusative	जन्म jánma	जन्मनी jánmanī	जन्मानि / जन्म¹ / जन्मा¹ jánmāni / jánma¹ / jánmā¹
Instrumental	जन्मना jánmanā	जन्मभ्याम् jánmabhyām	जन्मभिः jánmabhiḥ
Dative	जन्मने jánmane	जन्मभ्याम् jánmabhyām	जन्मभ्यः jánmabhyaḥ
Ablative	जन्मनः jánmanaḥ	जन्मभ्याम् jánmabhyām	जन्मभ्यः jánmabhyaḥ
Genitive	जन्मनः jánmanaḥ	जन्मनोः jánmanoḥ	जन्मनाम् jánmanām
Locative	जन्मनि / जन्मन्¹ jánmani / jánman¹	जन्मनोः jánmanoḥ	जन्मसु jánmasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: jamman
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀫 (jamma), 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀡 (jammaṇa)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindustani: jām, anjāmā, jamṛā, jamṛī
      • Hindi: जाम, अंजामा, जमड़ा, जमड़ी
      • Urdu: جام, اَنجاما, جَمْڑا, جَمْڑِی
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Bengali: জাম
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi: jamm

      Shahmukhi script: جَمّ

      Gurmukhi script: ਜੰਮ

    • Sindhi: j̄amu

      Arabic script: ڄَمُ

      Devanagari script: ॼमु

• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀇 (jammaï)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindustani: jāmnā, jamānā
      • Hindi: जामना, जमाना
      • Urdu: جامْنا, جَمانا
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Bhojpuri: जामल (jāmal)
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Kumaoni: जाम्णो (jāmṇo)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Sindhi: jammṇā, jamāuṇā

      Gurmukhi script: ਜੰਮਣਾ, ਜਮਾਉਣਾ

      Shahmukhi script: جمنا, جمئونا

    • Sindhi: j̄amaṇu

      Arabic script: ڄَمَڻُ

      Devanagari script: ॼमणु

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: ஜென்மம் (jeṉmam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जन्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411/3.