# जन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन (jána).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d͡ʒən/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n]

### Noun

जन • (jan) m (Urdu spelling جن)
* (dialectal) person, people (collectively)
    Synonym: लोग (log)

#### Declension
## Old Awadhi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit जन (jana).

### Noun

जन (jana)
* people
* devotee, servant (of Lord)
** c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :सुकृति संभु तन बिमल बिभूती। मंजुल मंगल मोद प्रसूती॥ जन मन मंजु मुकुर मल हरनी। किएँ तिलक गुन गन बस करनी॥2॥sukṛti saṃbhu tana bimala bibhūtī. maṃjula maṃgala moda prasūtī. jana mana maṃju mukura mala haranī. kiem̐ tilaka guna gana basa karanī.2.[The dust of Guru's feet is like] The pure sacred ash from which the virtuous Shiva's body is adorned, The begetter of beautiful and auspicious delight. The eliminator of filth from the beautiful mirror of the mind of devotee. Its Tilaka when applied masters many a virtues.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* jana (Latin script)
* 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* জন (Bengali script)
* ජන (Sinhalese script)
* ဇန or ၹၼ (Burmese script)
* ชน or ชะนะ (Thai script)
* ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊນ or ຊະນະ (Lao script)
* ជន (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

जन m
* Devanagari script form of jana

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জন (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
* জন (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဇန (Burmese script)
* જન (Gujarati script)
* ਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಜನ (Kannada script)
* ជន (Khmer script)
* ຊນ (Lao script)
* ജന (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଜନ (Odia script)
* ꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ජන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஜந (Tamil script)
* జన (Telugu script)
* ชน (Thai script)
* ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os. Cognate with Old Persian 𐏀𐎴 (zana, “man; tribe”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬬𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀 (srvōzana, “belonging to the race of the horned ones”), Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “creation”), French gens (“set of people”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

जन॑ • (jána) stem
* generating

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

* उदजन (udajana)
* पुरंजन (puraṃjana)

### Noun

जन॑ • (jána) stem, m
* person, human being, human
    ते जनाः किं वदन्ति?te janāḥ kiṃ vadanti?What are those people saying?
* race, people group
* (used collectively) people; subjects
* (religion) mortal, common person

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* जनपद (janapada, “realms of the Vedic period”)
* महाजनपद (mahājanapada, “sixteen great realms of classical India”)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀚𑀦 (jana)
** Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡 (jaṇa)
*** Apabhramsa: जण (jaṇa) (see there for further descendants)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Khmer: ជន (cŭən)
* → Telugu: జనుడు (januḍu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 410.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 566