जन्म

See also: जनम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन्म (janma).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.mᵊ/, [d͡ʒə̃n̪.mᵊ]

Noun

जन्म • (janma) m

birth
existence, life

Declension

Declension of जन्म (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जन्म janma	जन्म janma
oblique	जन्म janma	जन्मों janmõ
vocative	जन्म janma	जन्मो janmo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬚᬦ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
জন্ম (Assamese script)
জন্ম (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
જન્મ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨੑਮ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
ជន្ម (Khmer script)
ಜನ್ಮ (Kannada script)
ຊນ຺ມ (Lao script)
ജന്മ (Malayalam script)
𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᡯᠠᠨᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
ဇန္မ (Burmese script)
𑦵𑧁𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
ଜନ୍ମ (Oriya script)
ꢙꢥ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
ජන්ම (Sinhalese script)
జన్మ (Telugu script)
ชนฺม (Thai script)
ཛ་ནྨ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root जन् (jan). See जनति (janati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́n.mɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.mɐ/

Noun

जन्म • (jánma) n

nominative singular of जन्मन् (jánman)

Descendants

Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Punjabi: جَمّہ‎ (jamma) / ਜੰਮ (jamma)
→ Gujarati: જન્મ (janma)
→ Hindi: जन्म (janma)
→ Javanese: ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (janma)
→ Magahi: 𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂧 (janm)
→ Punjabi: ਜਨਮ (janam)
→ Tamil: ஜன்மம் (jaṉmam)
→ Telugu: జన్మము (janmamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “जन्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0411.

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