जनस्

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See also: जीन्स

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (race). Cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), Latin genus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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जनस् (jánas) stemn

  1. race, class of beings
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.4:
      तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
      पृश्न्या॑: पत॒रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒क्षभि॑: पा॒थो न पा॒युं जन॑सी उ॒भे अनु॑॥
      támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
      pṛ́śnyā: pataráṃ citáyantamakṣábhi: pāthó ná pāyúṃ jánasī ubhé ánu.
      They have placed him in his solitary dwelling, who is shedding moisture upon the earth; resplendent as gold traversing the firmament, animate with flames, and pervading the two parents (off all things, heaven and earth), like refreshing water.

Declension

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Neuter as-stem declension of जनस् (jánas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जनः
jánaḥ
जनसी
jánasī
जनांसि
jánāṃsi
Vocative जनः
jánaḥ
जनसी
jánasī
जनांसि
jánāṃsi
Accusative जनः
jánaḥ
जनसी
jánasī
जनांसि
jánāṃsi
Instrumental जनसा
jánasā
जनोभ्याम्
jánobhyām
जनोभिः
jánobhiḥ
Dative जनसे
jánase
जनोभ्याम्
jánobhyām
जनोभ्यः
jánobhyaḥ
Ablative जनसः
jánasaḥ
जनोभ्याम्
jánobhyām
जनोभ्यः
jánobhyaḥ
Genitive जनसः
jánasaḥ
जनसोः
jánasoḥ
जनसाम्
jánasām
Locative जनसि
jánasi
जनसोः
jánasoḥ
जनःसु
jánaḥsu