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{{also|जून}}
==Hindi==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|hi|sa|जन|tr=jána}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hi-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{hi-noun|g=m|ur=جن
}}

# {{lb|hi|dialectal}} [[person]], [[people]] {{qualifier|collectively}}
#: {{syn|hi|लोग}}

====Declension====
{{hi-ndecl|<M>}}

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt|Latn=jana}}

===Noun===
{{pi-noun|m}}

# {{pi-sc|Deva|jana}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}

==Sanskrit==

===Alternative scripts===
{{sa-alt}}

===Etymology===
{{etymon|sa|id=person|inh|iir-pro>*ȷ́ánHas>race|afeq|जन्>root|tree=1|title=जन॑}}
{{inh+|sa|inc-pro|*ȷ́ánHas}}, from {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ȷ́ánHas}}, from {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵénh₁os}}. Cognate with {{cog|peo|𐏀𐎴|tr=zana||man; tribe}}, {{cog|ae|𐬯𐬭𐬬𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀||belonging to the race of the horned ones}}, {{cog|grc|γόνος||creation}}, {{cog|fr|gens|t=set of people}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{sa-IPA|a=1}}

===Adjective===
{{sa-adj|head=जन॑}}

# [[generating]]

====Declension====
{{sa-decl-adj-mfn|jána|jánā|jána}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sa|उदजन}}
* {{l|sa|पुरंजन}}

===Noun===
{{sa-noun|head=जन॑|g=m}}

# [[person]], [[human being]], [[human]]
#: {{ux|sa|ते '''जनाः''' किं वदन्ति?|What are those '''people''' saying?}}
# [[race]], [[people]] [[group]]
# {{lb|sa|used collectively}} [[people]]; [[subject]]s
# {{lb|sa|religion}} [[mortal]], [[common]] [[person]]

====Declension====
{{sa-decl-noun-m|jána}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sa|जनपद||realms of the Vedic period}}
* {{l|sa|महाजनपद||sixteen great realms of classical India}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|inc-ash|𑀚𑀦}}

; Borrowed terms
* {{desc|km|ជន|bor=1}}
* {{desc|te|జనుడు|bor=1}}

===References===
* {{R:sa:MW|410}}
* {{R:sa:EWAia|vol=1|page=566}}