janapada

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 (first-person possessive janapadaku, second-person possessive janapadamu, third-person possessive janapadanya)

1. suburban
2. country, land

   Synonym: negeri

Further reading

• “janapada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀚𑀦𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• जनपद (Devanagari script)
• জনপদ (Bengali script)
• ජනපද (Sinhalese script)
• ဇနပဒ or ၹၼပၻ (Burmese script)
• ชนปท or ชะนะปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນປທ or ຊະນະປະທະ (Lao script)
• ជនបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄚𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	janapado	janapadā
Accusative (second)	janapadaṃ	janapade
Instrumental (third)	janapadena	janapadehi or janapadebhi
Dative (fourth)	janapadassa or janapadāya or janapadatthaṃ	janapadānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	janapadasmā or janapadamhā or janapadā	janapadehi or janapadebhi
Genitive (sixth)	janapadassa	janapadānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	janapadasmiṃ or janapadamhi or janapade	janapadesu
Vocative (calling)	janapada	janapadā

Derived terms

• jānapada

Descendants

• → Lao: ຊົນນະບົດ (son na bot)
• → Burmese: ဇနပုဒ် (ja.na.pud)

References

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