जनक

See also: जनको and -जनक

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Noun

जनक (janakm

  1. father
    • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 36.3:
      को है जनक कौन है जननी
      ko hai janak kaun hai jannī
      • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell
        who is his father, who is his mother

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.nək/, [d͡ʒɐ.nɐk]

Noun

जनक • (janakm

  1. father
    Synonym: पितृ (pitŕ)

Declension

Declension of जनक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जनक
janak
जनक
janak
oblique जनक
janak
जनकों
janakõ
vocative जनक
janak
जनको
janako

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

जनक

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (producing)

Declension

Noun

जनक m (feminine जनिका)

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (father)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root जन् (jan, to give birth) +‎ -अक (-aka), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to beget).

Pronunciation

Noun

जनक • (janaka) stemm

  1. a progenitor, father
  2. (music) a kind of measure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक
singular dual plural
nominative जनकः (janakaḥ) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
accusative जनकम् (janakam) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकान् (janakān)
instrumental जनकेन (janakena) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकैः (janakaiḥ)
जनकेभिः¹ (janakebhiḥ¹)
dative जनकाय (janakāya) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
ablative जनकात् (janakāt) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
genitive जनकस्य (janakasya) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकानाम् (janakānām)
locative जनके (janake) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकेषु (janakeṣu)
vocative जनक (janaka) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Proper noun

जनक • (janaka)

  1. name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)
  2. name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)
  3. name of another king Rājat
  4. name of a disciple of भगवत्
  5. name of several official men Rājat
  6. (in the plural) the descendants of जनक

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक
singular dual plural
nominative जनकः (janakaḥ) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
accusative जनकम् (janakam) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकान् (janakān)
instrumental जनकेन (janakena) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकैः (janakaiḥ)
जनकेभिः¹ (janakebhiḥ¹)
dative जनकाय (janakāya) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
ablative जनकात् (janakāt) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
genitive जनकस्य (janakasya) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकानाम् (janakānām)
locative जनके (janake) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकेषु (janakeṣu)
vocative जनक (janaka) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899