"जनि" meaning in Sanskrit

See जनि in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʑɐ́.ni/ [Vedic], /d͡ʑɐ.n̪i/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: The sense “woman” is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni), 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (jaⁱni, “woman”), Persian زن (zan), Central Kurdish ژن (jin), Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ) (whence English gyno-), English queen. Doublet of ग्ना (gnā́). The sense “birth”, which has been conflated with the word for “woman”, is from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”), whence also जन (jana, “people”), जनस् (janas, “race”), जनिमन् (janiman, “birth”), etc. Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{m-g|woman}} “woman”, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ǰánHs|*ǰánHiš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHiš, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*gʷḗn||woman}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”), {{cog|ae|𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌}} Avestan 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni), {{cog|fa|زن|tr=zan}} Persian زن (zan), {{cog|grc|γῠνή}} Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ), {{cog|en|gyno-}} English gyno-, {{cog|en|queen}} English queen, {{doublet|sa|ग्ना|tr1=gnā́}} Doublet of ग्ना (gnā́), {{m-g|birth}} “birth”, {{m-g|woman}} “woman”, {{der|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to give birth}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=jáni}} जनि • (jáni) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|jáni|gen_s=jányur}} Forms: jáni [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], जनिः [nominative, singular], जनी [dual, nominative], जनयः [nominative, plural], जनिम् [accusative, singular], जनी [accusative, dual], जनीः [accusative, plural], जन्या [instrumental, singular], जनी1 [instrumental, singular], जनिभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], जनिभिः [instrumental, plural], जनये [dative, singular], जन्यै2 [dative, singular], जनी1 [dative, singular], जनिभ्याम् [dative, dual], जनिभ्यः [dative, plural], जनेः [ablative, singular], जन्याः2 [ablative, singular], जन्यै3 [ablative, singular], जनिभ्याम् [ablative, dual], जनिभ्यः [ablative, plural], जन्युर् [genitive, singular], जन्योः [dual, genitive], जनीनाम् [genitive, plural], जनौ [locative, singular], जन्याम्2 [locative, singular], जना1 [locative, singular], जन्योः [dual, locative], जनिषु [locative, plural], जने [singular, vocative], जनी [dual, vocative], जनयः [plural, vocative]
  1. woman, wife
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-hFVeBFIQ
  2. birth, production
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-7VFbvX5t
  3. (botany) a kind of fragrant plant
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-GS48OxyI Categories (other): Plants, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 68 6 6 7 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 8 8 59 8 8 9 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 8 59 8 8 9 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. mother
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-zwYi7ypm
  5. birth, i.e. life
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-mKbkinoZ
  6. birthplace
    Sense id: en-जनि-sa-noun-04rI~ALv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family, Female Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0 0 0
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      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "sa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sa",
      "name": "Female",
      "orig": "sa:Female",
      "parents": [],
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    }
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        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m-g"
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        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "*ǰánHs",
        "4": "*ǰánHiš"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*gʷḗn",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "زن",
        "tr": "zan"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian زن (zan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γῠνή"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gyno-"
      },
      "expansion": "English gyno-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "queen"
      },
      "expansion": "English queen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "birth"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "woman"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "jáni",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "jániḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "जनी",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "जनयः",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिम्",
      "roman": "jánim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "जन्या",
      "roman": "jányā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी1",
      "roman": "jánī1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "jánibhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभिः",
      "roman": "jánibhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनये",
      "roman": "jánaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्यै2",
      "roman": "jányai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "jánī1",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "jánibhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनेः",
      "roman": "jáneḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्याः2",
      "roman": "jányāḥ2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्यै3",
      "roman": "jányai3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "jánibhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "jánibhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्युर्",
      "roman": "jányur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्योः",
      "roman": "jányoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनीनाम्",
      "roman": "jánīnām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनौ",
      "roman": "jánau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्याम्2",
      "roman": "jányām2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जना1",
      "roman": "jánā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्योः",
      "roman": "jányoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिषु",
      "roman": "jániṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जने",
      "roman": "jáne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनयः",
      "roman": "jánayaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "jáni"
      },
      "expansion": "जनि • (jáni) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jáni",
        "gen_s": "jányur"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman, wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-hFVeBFIQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birth, production"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-7VFbvX5t",
      "links": [
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "production",
          "production"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "sa:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 68 6 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 59 8 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 59 8 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of fragrant plant"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-GS48OxyI",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) a kind of fragrant plant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birth, i.e. life"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-mKbkinoZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birthplace"
      ],
      "id": "en-जनि-sa-noun-04rI~ALv",
      "links": [
        [
          "birthplace",
          "birthplace"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ́.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.n̪i/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जनि"
}

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    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
    "Sanskrit i-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
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    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
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      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "birth"
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      "expansion": "“birth”",
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      "args": {
        "1": "woman"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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    {
      "form": "jáni",
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिः",
      "roman": "jániḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनयः",
      "roman": "jánayaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिम्",
      "roman": "jánim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनीः",
      "roman": "jánīḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्या",
      "roman": "jányā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी1",
      "roman": "jánī1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "jánibhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभिः",
      "roman": "jánibhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनये",
      "roman": "jánaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्यै2",
      "roman": "jányai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी1",
      "roman": "jánī1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "jánibhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "jánibhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनेः",
      "roman": "jáneḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्याः2",
      "roman": "jányāḥ2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्यै3",
      "roman": "jányai3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "jánibhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "jánibhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्युर्",
      "roman": "jányur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्योः",
      "roman": "jányoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनीनाम्",
      "roman": "jánīnām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनौ",
      "roman": "jánau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्याम्2",
      "roman": "jányām2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जना1",
      "roman": "jánā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जन्योः",
      "roman": "jányoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनिषु",
      "roman": "jániṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जने",
      "roman": "jáne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनी",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "जनयः",
      "roman": "jánayaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "jáni"
      },
      "expansion": "जनि • (jáni) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jáni",
        "gen_s": "jányur"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman, wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birth, production"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "production",
          "production"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sa:Plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of fragrant plant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) a kind of fragrant plant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birth, i.e. life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birthplace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "birthplace",
          "birthplace"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ́.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐ.n̪i/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जनि"
}

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