जननी
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जननी (jananī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.niː/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.niː]
Noun
जननी • (jannī) f
- (rare or figurative) mother; cause, source
- आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है।
- āvaśyaktā āviṣkār kī jannī hai.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जननी jannī |
जननियाँ janniyā̃ |
| oblique | जननी jannī |
जननियों janniyõ |
| vocative | जननी jannī |
जननियो janniyo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জননী (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
- জননী (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဇနနီ (Burmese script)
- જનની (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನನೀ (Kannada script)
- ជននី (Khmer script)
- ຊນນີ (Lao script)
- ജനനീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଜନନୀ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ජනනී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஜநநீ (Tamil script)
- జననీ (Telugu script)
- ชนนี (Thai script)
- ཛ་ན་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.niː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.n̪iː/
Noun
जननी • (jananī) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जननी (jananī) | जनन्यौ (jananyau) जननी¹ (jananī¹) |
जनन्यः (jananyaḥ) जननीः¹ (jananīḥ¹) |
| accusative | जननीम् (jananīm) | जनन्यौ (jananyau) जननी¹ (jananī¹) |
जननीः (jananīḥ) |
| instrumental | जनन्या (jananyā) | जननीभ्याम् (jananībhyām) | जननीभिः (jananībhiḥ) |
| dative | जनन्यै (jananyai) | जननीभ्याम् (jananībhyām) | जननीभ्यः (jananībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जनन्याः (jananyāḥ) जनन्यै² (jananyai²) |
जननीभ्याम् (jananībhyām) | जननीभ्यः (jananībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जनन्याः (jananyāḥ) जनन्यै² (jananyai²) |
जनन्योः (jananyoḥ) | जननीनाम् (jananīnām) |
| locative | जनन्याम् (jananyām) | जनन्योः (jananyoḥ) | जननीषु (jananīṣu) |
| vocative | जननि (janani) | जनन्यौ (jananyau) जननी¹ (jananī¹) |
जनन्यः (jananyaḥ) जननीः¹ (jananīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899