जनक

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See also: जनको and -जनक

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Noun

जनक (janakm

  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

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.nək/,

Noun

जनक (janakm

  1. father
    Synonym: पितृ (pitŕ)

Declension

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

जनक

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (producing)

Declension

Noun

जनक m (feminine जनिका)

  1. Devanagari script form of janaka (father)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

जनक (janaka) stemm

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक
singular dual plural
nominative जनकः (janakaḥ) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
vocative जनक (janaka) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
accusative जनकम् (janakam) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकान् (janakān)
instrumental जनकेन (janakena) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकैः (janakaiḥ)
जनकेभिः¹ (janakebhiḥ¹)
dative जनकाय (janakāya) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
ablative जनकात् (janakāt) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
genitive जनकस्य (janakasya) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकानाम् (janakānām)
locative जनके (janake) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकेषु (janakeṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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

Masculine a-stem declension of जनक
singular dual plural
nominative जनकः (janakaḥ) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
vocative जनक (janaka) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकाः (janakāḥ)
जनकासः¹ (janakāsaḥ¹)
accusative जनकम् (janakam) जनकौ (janakau)
जनका¹ (janakā¹)
जनकान् (janakān)
instrumental जनकेन (janakena) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकैः (janakaiḥ)
जनकेभिः¹ (janakebhiḥ¹)
dative जनकाय (janakāya) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
ablative जनकात् (janakāt) जनकाभ्याम् (janakābhyām) जनकेभ्यः (janakebhyaḥ)
genitive जनकस्य (janakasya) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकानाम् (janakānām)
locative जनके (janake) जनकयोः (janakayoḥ) जनकेषु (janakeṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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