𑀚𑀡
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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀦 (jana), from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, from *ǵenh₁- + *-os.
Noun
[edit]𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa) m (Devanagari जण, Kannada ಜಣ) (Māhārāṣṭrī) [1][2]
- 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.
- Never mind the gossip [lit. "words of people"]:
- acchaü tā jaṇavāo hiaaṃ cia attaṇo tuha pamāṇaṃ .
- अच्छउ ता जणवाओ हिअअं चिअ अत्तणो तुह पमाणं ।
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Apabhramsa: जण (jaṇa) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “जण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jána”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 281
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