जनति

See also: जानाति and जनता

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵánati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁-e-ti, from *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Persian ‎ (zâdan).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.n̪ɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

जनति • (jánati)

to give birth to, beget, create, cause, produce (RV., AV., etc.)
to assign, procure (RV., VS.)

Descendants

Gujarati: જણવું (jaṇvũ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “जनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0410.

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