जनस्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), Latin genus.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

जनस् • (jánas) stem, n

1. race, class of beings
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.4:

     तमु॒क्षमा॑णं॒ रज॑सि॒ स्व आ दमे॑ च॒न्द्रमि॑व सु॒रुचं॑ ह्वा॒र आ द॑धुः।
     पृश्न्या॑: पत॒रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒क्षभि॑: पा॒थो न पा॒युं जन॑सी उ॒भे अनु॑॥

     támukṣámāṇaṃ rájasi svá ā́ dáme candrámiva surúcaṃ hvārá ā́ dadhuḥ.
     pṛ́śnyā: pataráṃ citáyantamakṣábhi: pāthó ná pāyúṃ jánasī ubhé ánu.

     They have placed him in his solitary dwelling, who is shedding moisture upon the earth; resplendent as gold traversing the firmament, animate with flames, and pervading the two parents (off all things, heaven and earth), like refreshing water.