जनू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জনূ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬦᬹ (Balinese script)
জনূ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑀽 (Brahmi script)
ဇနူ (Burmese script)
જનૂ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨੂ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑍂 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤꦹ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂴 (Kaithi script)
ಜನೂ (Kannada script)
ជនូ (Khmer script)
ຊນູ (Lao script)
ജനൂ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘴 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑐹 (Newa script)
ଜନୂ (Odia script)
ꢙꢥꢹ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑆷 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖳 (Siddham script)
ජනූ (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚱 (Takri script)
ஜநூ (Tamil script)
జనూ (Telugu script)
ชนู (Thai script)
ཛ་ནཱུ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.núː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.n̪uː/

Noun

जनू • (janū́) stem, f

birth , production , descent

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जनू
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जनूः (janū́ḥ)	जन्वौ (janvàu) जनू¹ (janū́¹)	जन्वः (janvàḥ) जनूः¹ (janū́ḥ¹)
accusative	जनूम् (janū́m)	जन्वौ (janvàu) जनू¹ (janū́¹)	जनूः (janū́ḥ)
instrumental	जन्वा (janvā́)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभिः (janū́bhiḥ)
dative	जन्वै (janvái)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभ्यः (janū́bhyaḥ)
ablative	जन्वाः (janvā́ḥ) जन्वै² (janvái²)	जनूभ्याम् (janū́bhyām)	जनूभ्यः (janū́bhyaḥ)
genitive	जन्वाः (janvā́ḥ) जन्वै² (janvái²)	जन्वोः (janvóḥ)	जनूनाम् (janū́nām)
locative	जन्वाम् (janvā́m)	जन्वोः (janvóḥ)	जनूषु (janū́ṣu)
vocative	जनु (jánu)	जन्वौ (jánvau) जनू¹ (jánū¹)	जन्वः (jánvaḥ) जनूः¹ (jánūḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

जनु (janu)