जनस्

See also: जीन्स

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Noun

जनस् • (jánas) stemn

  1. race, class of beings
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.4:
      तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
      पृश्न्याः॑ पत॒रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒क्षभिः॑ पा॒थो न पा॒युं जन॑सी उ॒भे अनु॑॥
      támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
      pṛ́śnyāḥ pataráṃ citáyantamakṣábhiḥ 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

Neuter as-stem declension of जनस्
singular dual plural
nominative 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)
vocative जनः (jánaḥ) जनसी (jánasī) जनांसि (jánāṃsi)