जनि

From Sanskrit यथा न (yathā na). Equivalent in function to Hindi मत (mat).

जनि (jani)

1. do not

The sense “woman” is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni), 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (jaⁱni, “woman”), Persian زن (zan), Central Kurdish ژن (jin), Ancient Greek γῠνή (gunḗ) (whence English gyno-), English queen. Doublet of ग्ना (gnā́).

The sense “birth”, which has been conflated with the word for “woman”, is from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”), whence also जन (jana, “people”), जनस् (janas, “race”), जनिमन् (janiman, “birth”), etc.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ni/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪i/

जनि • (jáni) stem, f

1. woman, wife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. birth, production
3. (botany) a kind of fragrant plant
4. mother
5. birth, i.e. life
6. birthplace

• Monier Williams (1899) “जनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411.