janapada

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦤꦥꦢ (janapada), from Old Javanese janapada, from Sanskrit जनपद (janapada, district, rural).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.na.pa.da/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧na‧pa‧da

Noun

janapada (first-person possessive janapadaku, second-person possessive janapadamu, third-person possessive janapadanya)

  1. suburban
  2. country, land
    Synonym: negeri

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

jana + pada. Compare Sanskrit जनपद (janapada). The term might not date back to the common ancestor of Pali and Sanskrit; the Sanskrit term has no attestation earlier than c. 600 BC.

Noun

janapada m

  1. countryside
  2. country, province
  3. inhabited region, continent

Declension

Derived terms

  • jānapada

Descendants

  • Lao: ຊົນນະບົດ (son na bot)
  • Burmese: ဇနပုဒ် (ja.na.pud)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “janapada”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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