जन्मन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From जनिमन् (janiman).

Pronunciation

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जन्म (jánma)	जन्मनी (jánmanī)	जन्मानि (jánmāni) जन्म¹ (jánma¹) जन्मा¹ (jánmā¹)
vocative	जन्मन् (jánman) जन्म (jánma)	जन्मनी (jánmanī)	जन्मानि (jánmāni) जन्म¹ (jánma¹) जन्मा¹ (jánmā¹)
accusative	जन्म (jánma)	जन्मनी (jánmanī)	जन्मानि (jánmāni) जन्म¹ (jánma¹) जन्मा¹ (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 (jánmani) जन्मन्¹ (jánman¹)	जन्मनोः (jánmanoḥ)	जन्मसु (jánmasu)

• 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.