जनक

See also: जनको and -जनक

Braj

Etymology

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Noun

जनक (janak) m

  1. father
    • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 36.3:
      को है जनक कौन है जननी
      ko hai janak kaun hai jannī
      • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell
        who is his father, who is his mother

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.nək/, [d͡ʒɐ.nɐk]

Noun

जनक • (janak) m

  1. father
    Synonym: पितृ (pitŕ)

Declension

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Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • janaka (Latin script)
  • 𑀚𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • জনক (Bengali script)
  • ජනක (Sinhalese script)
  • ဇနက or ၹၼၵ (Burmese script)
  • ชนก or ชะนะกะ (Thai script)
  • ᨩᨶᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຊນກ or ຊະນະກະ (Lao script)
  • ជនក (Khmer script)
  • 𑄎𑄚𑄇 (Chakma script)

Adjective

जनक

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (“producing”)

Declension

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Declension table of "जनिका" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)जनिका (janikā)जनिकायो (janikāyo) or जनिका (janikā)
Accusative (second)जनिकं (janikaṃ)जनिकायो (janikāyo) or जनिका (janikā)
Instrumental (third)जनिकाय (janikāya)जनिकाहि (janikāhi) or जनिकाभि (janikābhi)
Dative (fourth)जनिकाय (janikāya)जनिकानं (janikānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)जनिकाय (janikāya)जनिकाहि (janikāhi) or जनिकाभि (janikābhi)
Genitive (sixth)जनिकाय (janikāya)जनिकानं (janikānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)जनिकाय (janikāya) or जनिकायं (janikāyaṃ)जनिकासु (janikāsu)
Vocative (calling)जनिके (janike)जनिकायो (janikāyo) or जनिका (janikā)

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Noun

जनक m (feminine जनिका)

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (“father”)

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬚᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
  • জনক (Assamese script)
  • জনক (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌜𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • જનક (Gujarati script)
  • ਜਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦗꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
  • ជនក (Khmer script)
  • ಜನಕ (Kannada script)
  • ຊນກ (Lao script)
  • ജനക (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘕𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
  • ᠽᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡯᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဇနက (Burmese script)
  • 𑦵𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐖𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
  • ଜନକ (Odia script)
  • ꢙꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
  • ජනක (Sinhalese script)
  • ஜநக (Tamil script)
  • జనక (Telugu script)
  • ชนก (Thai script)
  • ཛ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

जनक • (janaka) stem, m

  1. a progenitor, father
  2. (music) a kind of measure

Declension

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Proper noun

जनक • (janaka)

  1. name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)
  2. name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita)
  3. name of another king Rājat
  4. name of a disciple of भगवत्
  5. name of several official men Rājat
  6. (in the plural) the descendants of जनक

Declension

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References
  • Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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