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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), Latin genus.
Pronunciation
Noun
जनस् • (jánas) stem, n
- race, class of beings
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 2.2.4:
- तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
पृश्न्या॑: पत॒रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒क्षभि॑: पा॒थो न पा॒युं जन॑सी उ॒भे अनु॑॥- támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
pṛ́śnyā: pataráṃ citáyantamakṣábhi: pāthó ná pāyúṃ jánasī ubhé ánu. - They have placed him in his solitary dwelling, who is shedding moisture upon the earth; resplendent as gold traversing the firmament, animate with flames, and pervading the two parents (off all things, heaven and earth), like refreshing water.
Declension