जनति

See also: जानाति and जनता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জনতি (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জনতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဇနတိ (Burmese script)
• જનતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನತಿ (Kannada script)
• ជនតិ (Khmer script)
• ຊນຕິ (Lao script)
• ജനതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଜନତି (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ජනති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஜநதி (Tamil script)
• జనతి (Telugu script)
• ชนติ (Thai script)
• ཛ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁-e-ti, from *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Persian زادن (zâdan).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जनति • (jánati) third-singular present indicative (root जन्, class 1, type P)

1. to give birth to, beget, create, cause, produce (RV., AV., etc.)
2. to assign, procure (RV., VS.)

Descendants

• Gujarati: જણવું (jaṇvũ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0410.