"जन्" meaning in Sanskrit

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Root

IPA: /d͡ʑɐn/ [Vedic], /d͡ʑɐn̪/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: jan [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Compare Latin gignō, genus, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), English kind. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sa|inh|ine-pro>*ǵenh₁->produce|id=root|pos=root}}, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|gloss=to beget}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”), {{cog|la|gignō}} Latin gignō, {{cog|grc|γίγνομαι}} Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), {{cog|en|kind}} English kind Head templates: {{head|sa|root|head=|tr=}} जन् • (jan), {{sa-root}} जन् • (jan)
  1. (Class 1) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-जन्-sa-root-9Bx~aRuM Categories (other): Sanskrit roots Disambiguation of Sanskrit roots: 84 16
  2. (Class 4) to be born or produced, come into existence. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-जन्-sa-root-TfOZvvhh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: जा (jā)
Derived forms: Primary Verbal Forms, जायते (jā́yate, Present), जनति (jánati, Present), जजन्ति (jajánti, Present), जनिष्यते (janiṣyáte, Future), जनिता (janitā́, Periphrastic Future), अजनिष्ट (ájaniṣṭa, Aorist), अजन्त (ájanta, Aorist), जायात् (jāyāt, Benedictive), जज्ञे (jajñé, Perfect), जजान (jajā́na, Perfect), Secondary Forms, जन्यते (janyáte) [passive], अजनि (ájani, Passive Aorist), जनयति (janáyati) [causative], अजीजनत् (ájījanat, Causative Aorist), जिजनिषति (jijaniṣati, Desiderative), जिजनयिषति (jijanayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative), जञ्जन्यते (jañjanyate, Intensive), जाजायते (jājāyate, Intensive), Non-Finite Forms, जात (jātá, Past Participle), जनितुम् (jánitum, Infinitive), जनितोस् (jánitos, Infinitive), जनित्वा (janitvā́, Gerund), जनित्वी (janitvī́, Gerund), जनितव्य (janitavyà, Gerundive), जनित्व (jánitva, Gerundive), जन्त्व (jántva, Gerundive), जनयितव्य (janayitavya, Causative Gerundive), Derived Nominal Forms, आजान (ājā́na) (english: birth, descent, birthplace), आजानि (ājā́ni) (english: birth, descent), जन (jána) (english: person, people, race; generating), जनक (janaká) (english: progenitor), (já) (english: son of; father; birth), जा (jā́) (english: race, tribe), जास् (jā́s) (english: offspring), जाति (jāti) (english: birth, family, species, breed), जात (jātá) (english: son; birth; origin; race; genus), जान (jā́na) (english: birth, origin, birthplace), जानि (jā́ni) (english: birth, descent), जनि (jáni) (english: birth, production, birthplace), जनी (jánī) (english: birth, birthplace; daughter-in-law), जन्तु (jantú) (english: offspring, kinsman), जन्यु (janyu) (english: birth, creature), जन्य (jánya) (english: people, community, nation), जनुस् (janús, janū́s) (english: birth, production, descent, nativity; genus, class, kind), जनुषा (januṣā) (english: necessarily, essentially, originally, by birth), जनू (janū́) (english: birth, descent), जनु (janu) (english: soul), जेन्य (jénya) (english: of noble origin; genuine), जातु (jā́tu, jātú) (english: at all, ever, perhaps), जात्य (jā́tya) (english: legitimate; of a good family), जनता (janátā) (english: people, folk; generation), जनन (jánana) (english: progenitor, production, birth, race), जज्ञि (jájñi) (english: germinating, shooting; seed), जन्मिन् (janmin) (english: creature), जानुका (jā́nukā) (english: bringing forth; woman), जानपद (jā́napada) (english: inhabitant of a country, subject), जनपद (janapadá) (english: community, nation, people; empire), जना (janā) (english: birth, origin), जननी (jananī) (english: mother), जनितृ (janitṛ́, jánitṛ) (english: progenitor), जनित्र (janítra) (english: home, origin, birthplace), जनिमन् (jániman) (english: generation, birth, origin; offspring; creature; genus), जन्म (janmá) (english: birth), जन्मन् (jánman) (english: production, existence, nativity), जाया (jāyā́) (english: bringing forth; wife), जास्पति (jā́spáti, jā́spati) (english: head of a family), जावन् (jā́van) (english: born, produced), Prefixed Root Forms, अधिजन् (adhijan), अनुजन् (anujan), अभिजन् (abhijan), आजन् (ājan), उज्जन् (ujjan), उपजन् (upajan), प्रजन् (prajan), विजन् (vijan), संजन् (saṃjan)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jā́yate, Present",
      "word": "जायते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jánati, Present",
      "word": "जनति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jajánti, Present",
      "word": "जजन्ति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janiṣyáte, Future",
      "word": "जनिष्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janitā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "जनिता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ájaniṣṭa, Aorist",
      "word": "अजनिष्ट"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ájanta, Aorist",
      "word": "अजन्त"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jāyāt, Benedictive",
      "word": "जायात्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jajñé, Perfect",
      "word": "जज्ञे"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jajā́na, Perfect",
      "word": "जजान"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "जन्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ájani, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अजनि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janáyati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "जनयति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ájījanat, Causative Aorist",
      "word": "अजीजनत्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jijaniṣati, Desiderative",
      "word": "जिजनिषति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jijanayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative",
      "word": "जिजनयिषति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jañjanyate, Intensive",
      "word": "जञ्जन्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jājāyate, Intensive",
      "word": "जाजायते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jātá, Past Participle",
      "word": "जात"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jánitum, Infinitive",
      "word": "जनितुम्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jánitos, Infinitive",
      "word": "जनितोस्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janitvā́, Gerund",
      "word": "जनित्वा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janitvī́, Gerund",
      "word": "जनित्वी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janitavyà, Gerundive",
      "word": "जनितव्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jánitva, Gerundive",
      "word": "जनित्व"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jántva, Gerundive",
      "word": "जन्त्व"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "janayitavya, Causative Gerundive",
      "word": "जनयितव्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, descent, birthplace",
      "roman": "ājā́na",
      "word": "आजान"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "ājā́ni",
      "word": "आजानि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "person, people, race; generating",
      "roman": "jána",
      "word": "जन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "progenitor",
      "roman": "janaká",
      "word": "जनक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "son of; father; birth",
      "roman": "já",
      "word": "ज"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "race, tribe",
      "roman": "jā́",
      "word": "जा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "offspring",
      "roman": "jā́s",
      "word": "जास्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, family, species, breed",
      "roman": "jāti",
      "word": "जाति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "son; birth; origin; race; genus",
      "roman": "jātá",
      "word": "जात"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, origin, birthplace",
      "roman": "jā́na",
      "word": "जान"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "jā́ni",
      "word": "जानि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, production, birthplace",
      "roman": "jáni",
      "word": "जनि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, birthplace; daughter-in-law",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "word": "जनी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "offspring, kinsman",
      "roman": "jantú",
      "word": "जन्तु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, creature",
      "roman": "janyu",
      "word": "जन्यु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "people, community, nation",
      "roman": "jánya",
      "word": "जन्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, production, descent, nativity; genus, class, kind",
      "roman": "janús, janū́s",
      "word": "जनुस्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "necessarily, essentially, originally, by birth",
      "roman": "januṣā",
      "word": "जनुषा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "janū́",
      "word": "जनू"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "soul",
      "roman": "janu",
      "word": "जनु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of noble origin; genuine",
      "roman": "jénya",
      "word": "जेन्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "at all, ever, perhaps",
      "roman": "jā́tu, jātú",
      "word": "जातु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "legitimate; of a good family",
      "roman": "jā́tya",
      "word": "जात्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "people, folk; generation",
      "roman": "janátā",
      "word": "जनता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "progenitor, production, birth, race",
      "roman": "jánana",
      "word": "जनन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "germinating, shooting; seed",
      "roman": "jájñi",
      "word": "जज्ञि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "creature",
      "roman": "janmin",
      "word": "जन्मिन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bringing forth; woman",
      "roman": "jā́nukā",
      "word": "जानुका"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "inhabitant of a country, subject",
      "roman": "jā́napada",
      "word": "जानपद"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "community, nation, people; empire",
      "roman": "janapadá",
      "word": "जनपद"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth, origin",
      "roman": "janā",
      "word": "जना"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mother",
      "roman": "jananī",
      "word": "जननी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "progenitor",
      "roman": "janitṛ́, jánitṛ",
      "word": "जनितृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "home, origin, birthplace",
      "roman": "janítra",
      "word": "जनित्र"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "generation, birth, origin; offspring; creature; genus",
      "roman": "jániman",
      "word": "जनिमन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "birth",
      "roman": "janmá",
      "word": "जन्म"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "production, existence, nativity",
      "roman": "jánman",
      "word": "जन्मन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bringing forth; wife",
      "roman": "jāyā́",
      "word": "जाया"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "head of a family",
      "roman": "jā́spáti, jā́spati",
      "word": "जास्पति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "born, produced",
      "roman": "jā́van",
      "word": "जावन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "adhijan",
      "word": "अधिजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "anujan",
      "word": "अनुजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "abhijan",
      "word": "अभिजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ājan",
      "word": "आजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ujjan",
      "word": "उज्जन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "upajan",
      "word": "उपजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "prajan",
      "word": "प्रजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "vijan",
      "word": "विजन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "saṃjan",
      "word": "संजन्"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
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        "2": "γίγνομαι"
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      "expansion": "English kind",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Compare Latin gignō, genus, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), English kind.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "to generate, beget, produce, create, cause."
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          "generate"
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          "beget",
          "beget"
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          "produce"
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          "create"
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          "cause"
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        "(Class 1) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause."
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        "morpheme"
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "11 89",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "20 80",
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        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "to be born or produced, come into existence."
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          "be born"
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          "produced"
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      "qualifier": "Class 4",
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        "(Class 4) to be born or produced, come into existence."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jā",
      "word": "जा"
    }
  ],
  "word": "जन्"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit roots",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jā́yate, Present",
      "word": "जायते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jánati, Present",
      "word": "जनति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jajánti, Present",
      "word": "जजन्ति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janiṣyáte, Future",
      "word": "जनिष्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janitā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "जनिता"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ájaniṣṭa, Aorist",
      "word": "अजनिष्ट"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ájanta, Aorist",
      "word": "अजन्त"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jāyāt, Benedictive",
      "word": "जायात्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jajñé, Perfect",
      "word": "जज्ञे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jajā́na, Perfect",
      "word": "जजान"
    },
    {
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "जन्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ájani, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अजनि"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janáyati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "जनयति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ájījanat, Causative Aorist",
      "word": "अजीजनत्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jijaniṣati, Desiderative",
      "word": "जिजनिषति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jijanayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative",
      "word": "जिजनयिषति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jañjanyate, Intensive",
      "word": "जञ्जन्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jājāyate, Intensive",
      "word": "जाजायते"
    },
    {
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jātá, Past Participle",
      "word": "जात"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jánitum, Infinitive",
      "word": "जनितुम्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jánitos, Infinitive",
      "word": "जनितोस्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janitvā́, Gerund",
      "word": "जनित्वा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janitvī́, Gerund",
      "word": "जनित्वी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janitavyà, Gerundive",
      "word": "जनितव्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jánitva, Gerundive",
      "word": "जनित्व"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jántva, Gerundive",
      "word": "जन्त्व"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janayitavya, Causative Gerundive",
      "word": "जनयितव्य"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, descent, birthplace",
      "roman": "ājā́na",
      "word": "आजान"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "ājā́ni",
      "word": "आजानि"
    },
    {
      "english": "person, people, race; generating",
      "roman": "jána",
      "word": "जन"
    },
    {
      "english": "progenitor",
      "roman": "janaká",
      "word": "जनक"
    },
    {
      "english": "son of; father; birth",
      "roman": "já",
      "word": "ज"
    },
    {
      "english": "race, tribe",
      "roman": "jā́",
      "word": "जा"
    },
    {
      "english": "offspring",
      "roman": "jā́s",
      "word": "जास्"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, family, species, breed",
      "roman": "jāti",
      "word": "जाति"
    },
    {
      "english": "son; birth; origin; race; genus",
      "roman": "jātá",
      "word": "जात"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, origin, birthplace",
      "roman": "jā́na",
      "word": "जान"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "jā́ni",
      "word": "जानि"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, production, birthplace",
      "roman": "jáni",
      "word": "जनि"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, birthplace; daughter-in-law",
      "roman": "jánī",
      "word": "जनी"
    },
    {
      "english": "offspring, kinsman",
      "roman": "jantú",
      "word": "जन्तु"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, creature",
      "roman": "janyu",
      "word": "जन्यु"
    },
    {
      "english": "people, community, nation",
      "roman": "jánya",
      "word": "जन्य"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, production, descent, nativity; genus, class, kind",
      "roman": "janús, janū́s",
      "word": "जनुस्"
    },
    {
      "english": "necessarily, essentially, originally, by birth",
      "roman": "januṣā",
      "word": "जनुषा"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, descent",
      "roman": "janū́",
      "word": "जनू"
    },
    {
      "english": "soul",
      "roman": "janu",
      "word": "जनु"
    },
    {
      "english": "of noble origin; genuine",
      "roman": "jénya",
      "word": "जेन्य"
    },
    {
      "english": "at all, ever, perhaps",
      "roman": "jā́tu, jātú",
      "word": "जातु"
    },
    {
      "english": "legitimate; of a good family",
      "roman": "jā́tya",
      "word": "जात्य"
    },
    {
      "english": "people, folk; generation",
      "roman": "janátā",
      "word": "जनता"
    },
    {
      "english": "progenitor, production, birth, race",
      "roman": "jánana",
      "word": "जनन"
    },
    {
      "english": "germinating, shooting; seed",
      "roman": "jájñi",
      "word": "जज्ञि"
    },
    {
      "english": "creature",
      "roman": "janmin",
      "word": "जन्मिन्"
    },
    {
      "english": "bringing forth; woman",
      "roman": "jā́nukā",
      "word": "जानुका"
    },
    {
      "english": "inhabitant of a country, subject",
      "roman": "jā́napada",
      "word": "जानपद"
    },
    {
      "english": "community, nation, people; empire",
      "roman": "janapadá",
      "word": "जनपद"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth, origin",
      "roman": "janā",
      "word": "जना"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "roman": "jananī",
      "word": "जननी"
    },
    {
      "english": "progenitor",
      "roman": "janitṛ́, jánitṛ",
      "word": "जनितृ"
    },
    {
      "english": "home, origin, birthplace",
      "roman": "janítra",
      "word": "जनित्र"
    },
    {
      "english": "generation, birth, origin; offspring; creature; genus",
      "roman": "jániman",
      "word": "जनिमन्"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth",
      "roman": "janmá",
      "word": "जन्म"
    },
    {
      "english": "production, existence, nativity",
      "roman": "jánman",
      "word": "जन्मन्"
    },
    {
      "english": "bringing forth; wife",
      "roman": "jāyā́",
      "word": "जाया"
    },
    {
      "english": "head of a family",
      "roman": "jā́spáti, jā́spati",
      "word": "जास्पति"
    },
    {
      "english": "born, produced",
      "roman": "jā́van",
      "word": "जावन्"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "adhijan",
      "word": "अधिजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anujan",
      "word": "अनुजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abhijan",
      "word": "अभिजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ājan",
      "word": "आजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ujjan",
      "word": "उज्जन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "upajan",
      "word": "उपजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prajan",
      "word": "प्रजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vijan",
      "word": "विजन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "saṃjan",
      "word": "संजन्"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "ine-pro>*ǵenh₁->produce",
        "id": "root",
        "pos": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
        "gloss": "to beget"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gignō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gignō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γίγνομαι"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kind"
      },
      "expansion": "English kind",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Compare Latin gignō, genus, Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai), English kind.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "root",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "जन् • (jan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "जन् • (jan)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to generate, beget, produce, create, cause."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generate",
          "generate"
        ],
        [
          "beget",
          "beget"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Class 1",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Class 1) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be born or produced, come into existence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be born",
          "be born"
        ],
        [
          "produced",
          "produced"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Class 4",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Class 4) to be born or produced, come into existence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jā",
      "word": "जा"
    }
  ],
  "word": "जन्"
}

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