Sinhalese jana (133)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word jana means “man, individually or collectively, mankind, sentient being, birth, and production.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root īṉ through the transformation of īṉ > jan > jána > jana. The following words, related to Sinhalese jana, also originate from Tamil īṉ.
janma, “nature, birth, nation, race, tribe, lineage.” jantu, “any animal, sentient being, any being endowed with animal life; it is however, more usually applied to beings of the lowest organization.” jantuka, “an animal, animal in general; animated being.” jantuphala, “(animal (worm), fruit or leaf) a kind of fig tree, Ficus glomerata, the leaves of which swarm with insects.” janman, “birth, production.” janmasáphalya, “attainment of the object of existence.” janmántara, “(birth, other) other world, regeneration, another birth.” janmándha, “blind from birth.” janya, “father; friend, attendant or companion of a bridegroom; one occurring at a birth.” janyá, “mother; friend of a mother; bridesmaid.” janaka, “father, progenitor.” janagahana, “(people, pressure) crowd of people, multitude.” janatá, “mankind, number of men.” janana, “birth, production; family, race, lineage.” jananί, “mother.” janapadaya, “(man, going) inhabited country; mankind.” janapadaróga, “pestilence.” janapadikaya, “province.” janaprawáda, “rumour, report.” janapriya, “agreeable to mankind.” janamúrti, “one who is like the soul (literally body) of the people, protector of the people.” janayá, “multitude.” janayó, “people.” janarañjanaya, “(pleasure) national happiness and prosperity arising from an equitable government and a due administration of law.” janawáda, “news, intelligence.” janaṣúnya, “(man, void) uninhabited, solitary, desolate.” janaṣruti, “news, report, rumour, tidings, intelligence.” janasaṅganiká, “inhabited, peopled, abounding in inhabitants.” janasaṉchara, “(people, to walk) inhabited place, populous country.” janasambádha, “crowded with people.” janahitanirata, “entertaining good will toward all men, philanthropical.” janárdana, “(man, worshipping) He whom man worships, name of Vishṇu.” janáṣraya, “temporary hall, place for meeting or resting.” jani, “woman, mother; birth, production.” janita, “born, produced, brought forth.” janitavίma, “birth, production.” janu, “birth.” janéṣwara, “(man, lord) king.” janódáharaṇa, “fame, glory.” awaraja, “(posterior, after; born) younger brother.” tanuja, “(body, born) son; descendant.” dwija, “(twice, born) among the Hindus a man of the Brahmin caste, or more properly a Brahmin; any oviparous animal, as a bird, snake, fish, etc.; twice born, oviparous, born first in the shell and in the second instance produced from the shell.” danawuwa, “country, province, district; house of a respectable man.” daná, “man, mankind.” danan, “people.” danana, “birth, production.” danawanawá, “to produce.” danuja, “titan, asura, demon.” dinim, “birth, production, bringing forth.” duna, “birth, origin, production.” dunu, “birth, origin.” dinitiya, “mother of Bódhisatwa when he was born as Kusaraja, who afterwards became Buddha; mother.” nẹ́yá, “relative, relation, male relation.” nẹ́siyó, “relations, kindred.” wada, “speech, speaking; word, sentence, saying; bringing forth.” wadana, “birth, bringing forth; speech, speaking, word, saying.” wadana-gé, “room or small hut apart from the dwelling house where women are delivered in childbirth and remain till they are restored.” wadanawá, “to bear, to bring forth.” wadana-wédanáwa, “pain of labour; pangs of childbirth.” vijátá, “a woman who has borne children, mother, matron.” vijáti, “a different species or tribe.” vijátίya, “a different class or caste or tribe.” vijáyana, “bringing forth, bearing, as children.” játya, “well born, of good family.” játyandhayá, “(birth, blind) one born blind.” játa, “child, offspring; kind, class, species; multitude, collection; birth, production; born, produced, engendered, generated.” játaka, “birth, production; that which has been born; astrological calculation of a nativity.” játaka-pota, “work of great celebrity among the Buddhists; it is usually reckoned a history of the five hundred and fifty births of Buddha.” játakavίma, “being generated.” játamátra, “(birth, moment) moment of the birth of a child; time from which the nativity is cast.” játaya, “generation, race, sort, tribe.” játarúpa, “(produced, form) gold, silver; coined gold; assuming shape or form.” játa-wéda, “(born, védas) fire; gold; name of Agni, the Hindu god of fire, alluding to a certain legend among them that the Védas issued from his mouth.” játápatyá, “woman who has had children.” játi-kaṇá, “(birth, blind) man blind from his birth.” játi-korá, “man crippled from his birth.” játi-goḷuwá, “man born dumb.” játimat, “(race, family) honourable, high born, of good family.” játiya, “birth, production; reunion of the soul with some other body; kind, sort, class, species; nation; lineage, race, family, tribe. The plural form of játiya is játi.” játisampadá, “(birth, fortunate) auspicious birth.” játisampanna, “a good family, well born, of noble birth.” játisambhéda, “(family or race, breaking) breaking the breed, interrupting or destroying the lineal descent.” játóksha, “(born, ox) bullock.” jánapada, “inhabited country; people, mankind.” pajá, “sentient being; multitude; progeny, offspring; people, subjects.” paja, “(foot, born) Sudra, man of a low and degraded tribe, alluding to the fable of the Sudras being sprung from the feet of Brahma.” pajayá, “low and wicked man, one of a degraded tribe, mischievous fellow.” pajápati, “name of Brahma, alluding to his being the chief of all created beings.” dudana, “Elu form of durjana; see durjana.” durjana, “vile, bad, wicked, mischievous, malicious.” durjanayá, “wicked man.” durjáta, “one inauspiciously born or produced.” puhuduná, “wicked man, one under the influence of his passions, sinner; fool.” swaja, “son; sweat, perspiration; blood.” sahaja, “(with, born) brother of whole blood; co-existent; cognate; hereditary.” sahajáta, “cognate, born together.” sahada, “one born in the same womb; brother.” sajjana, “(good, man) virtuous or excellent man.” sañja, “(before, to be born or created by whom) name of Brahma, as creator, also of Ṣiva.” sañjáta, “born, produced.” sajáti, “the same sort or species, of the same tribe.” sajátίya, “the same tribe or species.” aṇḍaja, “(egg, born) one born from an egg, bird; oviparous, produced from eggs.” uradá, “son, legitimate son.” ajana, “uninhabited, forest.” ajanaka, “one not a parent or producer, unproductive, ungenerative.” ajananί, “privation of birth.” upajáta, “born, brought forth.” upata, “birth, origin, source.” saroja, “(pond, produced) lotus, fish.” abja, “(ab, ‘for’, ap, ‘water’, ja, ‘born’) lotus.” am̱buja, “lotus.” ambuja, “lotus, fish, aquatic.” manuja, “(legislator and progenitor of mankind; born, descended) man in general.” bhúmija, “regent of the planet Mars.” sáraja, “(cream, produced) fresh butter.” anuja, “(after, born) born after, younger, junior; younger brother or sister; brother.” anujáta, “(like, born) similar in nature, used of children who are perfect models of their father; born after, younger.” abhijáta, “well born, noble.” salilaja, “lotus; fish.” prajana, “first impregnation of cows or any other animal, impregnation in general.” prajanana, “birth, production.” prajá, “progeny, offspring; people, subjects.” prajátá, “woman who has borne children.” prajápa, “(people, who preserves) king, sovereign.” prajápati, “(people or the world, master) king, sovereign; name of Brahma.” prajánáyaka, “king, sovereign, ruler.” prajáhita, “water, favourable or good for children or subjects, kind to them.” prajéṣwara, “a king.” sarasija, “fish, lotus in a pond.” jñáti, “kinsman, relation.”