janapada

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦤꦥꦢ (janapada), from Old Javanese janapada, from Sanskrit जनपद (janapada, “district, rural”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.na.pa.da/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧na‧pa‧da

Noun

janapada (plural janapada-janapada)

  1. suburban
  2. country, land
    Synonym: negeri

Further reading

Pali

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Etymology

jana +‎ pada. Compare Sanskrit जनपद (janapada). The term might not date back to the common ancestor of Pali and Sanskrit; the Sanskrit term has no attestation earlier than c. 600 BC.

Noun

janapada m

  1. countryside
  2. country, province
  3. inhabited region, continent

Declension

Declension table of "janapada" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)janapadojanapadā
Accusative (second)janapadaṃjanapade
Instrumental (third)janapadenajanapadehi or janapadebhi
Dative (fourth)janapadassa or janapadāya or janapadatthaṃjanapadānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)janapadasmā or janapadamhā or janapadājanapadehi or janapadebhi
Genitive (sixth)janapadassajanapadānaṃ
Locative (seventh)janapadasmiṃ or janapadamhi or janapadejanapadesu
Vocative (calling)janapadajanapadā

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Descendants

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “janapada”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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