जननी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जननी (jananī).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.niː/, [d͡ʒə̃n̪.n̪iː]

Noun

जननी • (jannī) f

  1. (rare or figurative) mother; cause, source
    आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है।
    āvaśyaktā āviṣkār kī jannī hai.
    Need is the mother of invention.

Declension
Declension of जननी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct जननी
jannī		 जननियाँ
janniyā̃
oblique जननी
jannī		 जननियों
janniyõ
vocative जननी
jannī		 जननियो
janniyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬚᬦᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
  • জননী (Assamese script)
  • জননী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰡𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀦𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • જનની (Gujarati script)
  • ਜਨਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦗꦤꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
  • ជននី (Khmer script)
  • ಜನನೀ (Kannada script)
  • ຊນນີ (Lao script)
  • ജനനീ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘕𑘡𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠽᠠᠨᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡯᠠᠨᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ဇနနီ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦵𑧁𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐖𑐣𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଜନନୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢙꢥꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆤𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖡𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ජනනී (Sinhalese script)
  • జననీ (Telugu script)
  • ชนนี (Thai script)
  • ཛ་ན་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒢𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root जन् (jan, “to give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

Noun

जननी • (jananī) f

  1. a mother
    Synonyms: मातृ (mātṛ), अम्बा (ambā), अम्बिका (ambikā), अम्बालिका (ambālikā)

Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of जननी (jananī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जननी
jananī		 जनन्यौ / जननी¹
jananyau / jananī¹		 जनन्यः / जननीः¹
jananyaḥ / jananīḥ¹
Vocative जननि
janani		 जनन्यौ / जननी¹
jananyau / jananī¹		 जनन्यः / जननीः¹
jananyaḥ / jananīḥ¹
Accusative जननीम्
jananīm		 जनन्यौ / जननी¹
jananyau / jananī¹		 जननीः
jananīḥ
Instrumental जनन्या
jananyā		 जननीभ्याम्
jananībhyām		 जननीभिः
jananībhiḥ
Dative जनन्यै
jananyai		 जननीभ्याम्
jananībhyām		 जननीभ्यः
jananībhyaḥ
Ablative जनन्याः
jananyāḥ		 जननीभ्याम्
jananībhyām		 जननीभ्यः
jananībhyaḥ
Genitive जनन्याः
jananyāḥ		 जनन्योः
jananyoḥ		 जननीनाम्
jananīnām
Locative जनन्याम्
jananyām		 जनन्योः
jananyoḥ		 जननीषु
jananīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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