"जनक" meaning in Sanskrit

See जनक in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.kɐ/ [Vedic], /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”) + -अक (-aka), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Etymology templates: {{suf|sa|जन्|अक|t1=to give birth}} जन् (jan, “to give birth”) + -अक (-aka), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|gloss=to beget}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”) Head templates: {{head|sa|proper noun}} जनक • (janaka) Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: janaka [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], जनकः [nominative, singular], जनकौ [dual, nominative], जनका1 [dual, nominative], जनकाः [nominative, plural], जनकासः1 [nominative, plural], जनकम् [accusative, singular], जनकौ [accusative, dual], जनका1 [accusative, dual], जनकान् [accusative, plural], जनकेन [instrumental, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], जनकैः [instrumental, plural], जनकेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], जनकाय [dative, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [dative, dual], जनकेभ्यः [dative, plural], जनकात् [ablative, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], जनकेभ्यः [ablative, plural], जनकस्य [genitive, singular], जनकयोः [dual, genitive], जनकानाम् [genitive, plural], जनके [locative, singular], जनकयोः [dual, locative], जनकेषु [locative, plural], जनक [singular, vocative], जनकौ [dual, vocative], जनका1 [dual, vocative], जनकाः [plural, vocative], जनकासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-r8o5XQUk
  2. name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-5~nPSXkQ
  3. name of another king Rājat
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-DaZXY4HN Categories (other): Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक: 5 6 20 10 20 15 4 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 4 20 9 20 15 9 20
  4. name of a disciple of भगवत्
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-X1tje9oT
  5. name of several official men Rājat
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-utWk0BGh Categories (other): Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक: 5 6 20 10 20 15 4 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 4 20 9 20 15 9 20
  6. (in the plural) the descendants of जनक Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-name-JN8cSe3P Categories (other): Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक: 5 6 20 10 20 15 4 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 4 20 9 20 15 9 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.kɐ/ [Vedic], /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”) + -अक (-aka), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Etymology templates: {{suf|sa|जन्|अक|t1=to give birth}} जन् (jan, “to give birth”) + -अक (-aka), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|gloss=to beget}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} जनक • (janaka) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: janaka [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], जनकः [nominative, singular], जनकौ [dual, nominative], जनका1 [dual, nominative], जनकाः [nominative, plural], जनकासः1 [nominative, plural], जनकम् [accusative, singular], जनकौ [accusative, dual], जनका1 [accusative, dual], जनकान् [accusative, plural], जनकेन [instrumental, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], जनकैः [instrumental, plural], जनकेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], जनकाय [dative, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [dative, dual], जनकेभ्यः [dative, plural], जनकात् [ablative, singular], जनकाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], जनकेभ्यः [ablative, plural], जनकस्य [genitive, singular], जनकयोः [dual, genitive], जनकानाम् [genitive, plural], जनके [locative, singular], जनकयोः [dual, locative], जनकेषु [locative, plural], जनक [singular, vocative], जनकौ [dual, vocative], जनका1 [dual, vocative], जनकाः [plural, vocative], जनकासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. a progenitor, father
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-noun-gIJJQqKb
  2. (music) a kind of measure
    Sense id: en-जनक-sa-noun-QgZQI67E Categories (other): Music, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 19 5 18 19 8 27 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 3 3 17 9 19 12 8 29 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक: 5 6 20 10 20 15 4 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 4 4 20 9 20 15 9 20 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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      "kind": "other",
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      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "sa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
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  "etymology_text": "From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”) + -अक (-aka), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "janaka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "जनकासः1",
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकौ",
      "roman": "janakau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनका1",
      "roman": "janakā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकान्",
      "roman": "janakān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेन",
      "roman": "janakena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकैः",
      "roman": "janakaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभिः1",
      "roman": "janakebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाय",
      "roman": "janakāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभ्यः",
      "roman": "janakebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकात्",
      "roman": "janakāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभ्यः",
      "roman": "janakebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकस्य",
      "roman": "janakasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकयोः",
      "roman": "janakayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकानाम्",
      "roman": "janakānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनके",
      "roman": "janake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकयोः",
      "roman": "janakayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेषु",
      "roman": "janakeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनक",
      "roman": "janaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकौ",
      "roman": "janakau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनका1",
      "roman": "janakā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाः",
      "roman": "janakāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकासः1",
      "roman": "janakāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "जनक • (janaka) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "a progenitor, father"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनक-sa-noun-gIJJQqKb",
      "links": [
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "sa:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 19 5 18 19 8 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 17 9 19 12 8 29",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 20 9 20 15 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-जनक-sa-noun-QgZQI67E",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) a kind of measure"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जनक"
}

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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकः",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनका1",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाः",
      "roman": "janakāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकासः1",
      "roman": "janakāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकम्",
      "roman": "janakam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकौ",
      "roman": "janakau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनका1",
      "roman": "janakā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकान्",
      "roman": "janakān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेन",
      "roman": "janakena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकैः",
      "roman": "janakaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभिः1",
      "roman": "janakebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाय",
      "roman": "janakāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभ्यः",
      "roman": "janakebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकात्",
      "roman": "janakāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "janakābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेभ्यः",
      "roman": "janakebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकस्य",
      "roman": "janakasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकयोः",
      "roman": "janakayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकानाम्",
      "roman": "janakānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनके",
      "roman": "janake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकयोः",
      "roman": "janakayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकेषु",
      "roman": "janakeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनक",
      "roman": "janaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनकौ",
      "roman": "janakau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sita",
          "Sita"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name of another king Rājat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name of a disciple of भगवत्"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "भगवत्",
          "भगवत्"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "name of several official men Rājat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the descendants of जनक"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the descendants of जनक"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.nɐ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जनक"
}

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