जन्मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জন্মন্ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬦ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
জন্মন্ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဇန္မန် (Burmese script)
જન્મન્ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಜನ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
ជន្មន៑ (Khmer script)
ຊນ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
ജന്മന് (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଜନ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢙꢥ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
ජන‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
ஜந்மந் (Tamil script)
జన్మౝ (Telugu script)
ชนฺมนฺ (Thai script)
ཛ་ནྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From जनिमन् (janiman).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जन्मन् • (jánman) stem, n

birth, production, origin
existence, life
nativity Lit. VarBṛS. i, 10
re-birth Lit. Sarvad. xi
birthplace, home Lit. RV. ii, 9, 3; viii, 69, 3; x, 5, 7 Lit. AV. Lit.
progenitor, father Lit. Śak. vii, 18
a creature, being Lit. RV. Lit. TBr. ii Lit. AitBr. iv, 10
people Lit. RV. ii, 26 , 3; iii, 15, 2
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)
nature, quality, Lit. i, 70, 2
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)
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)
vocative	जन्मन् (jánman) जन्म (jánma)	जन्मनी (jánmanī)	जन्मानि (jánmāni) जन्म¹ (jánma¹) जन्मा¹ (jánmā¹)

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.