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जनस्

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See also: जीन्स

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জনস্ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
জনস্ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဇနသ် (Burmese script)
જનસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಜನಸ್ (Kannada script)
ជនស៑ (Khmer script)
ຊນສ຺ (Lao script)
ജനസ് (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଜନସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢙꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
ජනස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
ஜநஸ் (Tamil script)
జనస్ (Telugu script)
ชนสฺ (Thai script)
ཛ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

जनस् • (jánas) stem, n

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

More information singular, dual ...

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