𑀚𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana), from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, from *ǵenh₁- + *-os.

Noun

𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa) m (Devanagari जण, Kannada ಜಣ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. person
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 201:

     अच्छउ ता जणवाओ हिअअं चिअ अत्तणो तुह पमाणं ।
     तह तं सि मंदणेहो जह ण उवालंभजोग्गो सि ॥

     acchaü tā jaṇavāo hiaaṃ cia attaṇo tuha pamāṇaṃ .
     taha taṃ si maṃdaṇeho jaha ṇa uvālaṃbhajŏggo si .

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Never mind the gossip [lit. "words of people"]:
       Judge by your own feelings.
       Anyway,
       You have grown so cool
       That you are beyond reproach.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀡 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀚𑀡𑁄 (jaṇo)	𑀚𑀡𑀸 (jaṇā)
Accusative	𑀚𑀡𑀁 (jaṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀡𑁂 (jaṇe) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸 (jaṇā)
Instrumental	𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀡 (jaṇeṇa) or 𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (jaṇeṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (jaṇehi) or 𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (jaṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀅 (jaṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀑 (jaṇāo) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀉 (jaṇāu) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸 (jaṇā) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (jaṇāhi) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (jaṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀚𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (jaṇassa)	𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀡 (jaṇāṇa) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (jaṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀚𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (jaṇammi) or 𑀚𑀡𑁂 (jaṇe)	𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (jaṇesu) or 𑀚𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (jaṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa) or 𑀚𑀡𑀸 (jaṇā)	𑀚𑀡𑀸 (jaṇā)

Descendants

• Apabhramsa: जण (jaṇa) (see there for further descendants)