जनपद

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जनपद (janápada).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒən.pəd̪/,

Noun

जनपद (janpadm

  1. district
    Synonym: ज़िला (zilā)

Declension

Derived terms

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

जनपद m

  1. Devanagari script form of janapada (“country”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of जन (jána, people) +‎ पद (padá, foot), literally foothold of the people.

Pronunciation

Noun

जनपद (janapadá) stemm

  1. Janapadas, a number of Kingdoms and Republics, extant from c. 15th to 6th Century BCE.
  2. a community, nation, people (as opposed to the sovereign)
  3. an empire, inhabited country
  4. mankind

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जनपद (janapadá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जनपदः
janapadáḥ
जनपदौ / जनपदा¹
janapadaú / janapadā́¹
जनपदाः / जनपदासः¹
janapadā́ḥ / janapadā́saḥ¹
Vocative जनपद
jánapada
जनपदौ / जनपदा¹
jánapadau / jánapadā¹
जनपदाः / जनपदासः¹
jánapadāḥ / jánapadāsaḥ¹
Accusative जनपदम्
janapadám
जनपदौ / जनपदा¹
janapadaú / janapadā́¹
जनपदान्
janapadā́n
Instrumental जनपदेन
janapadéna
जनपदाभ्याम्
janapadā́bhyām
जनपदैः / जनपदेभिः¹
janapadaíḥ / janapadébhiḥ¹
Dative जनपदाय
janapadā́ya
जनपदाभ्याम्
janapadā́bhyām
जनपदेभ्यः
janapadébhyaḥ
Ablative जनपदात्
janapadā́t
जनपदाभ्याम्
janapadā́bhyām
जनपदेभ्यः
janapadébhyaḥ
Genitive जनपदस्य
janapadásya
जनपदयोः
janapadáyoḥ
जनपदानाम्
janapadā́nām
Locative जनपदे
janapadé
जनपदयोः
janapadáyoḥ
जनपदेषु
janapadéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “janapada”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.