चयन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चयन (cáyana), with semantic shift from "collecting (a pile)" > "selecting (from said pile)".
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.jən/, [t͡ʃɐ.jɐ̃n]
Noun
चयन • (cayan) m
- choice, selection
- 2017 December 4, “क्या बीजेपी अध्यक्ष का चुनाव ज्यादा लोकतांत्रिक होता है? [kyā bījepī adhyakṣ kā cunāv jyādā loktāntrik hotā hai?]”, in BBC Hindi[1]:
- पिछले दिनों महाराष्ट्र कांग्रेस के सचिव शहज़ाद पूनावाला ने पार्टी के शीर्ष पद की चुनाव प्रक्रिया पर सवाल उठाते हुए कहा था कि एक व्यक्ति के 'चयन' के लिए 'चुनाव का दिखावा' किया जा रहा है.
- pichle dinõ mahārāṣṭra kāṅgres ke saciv śahzād pūnāvālā ne pārṭī ke śīrṣ pad kī cunāv prakriyā par savāl uṭhāte hue kahā thā ki ek vyakti ke 'cayan' ke lie 'cunāv kā dikhāvā' kiyā jā rahā hai.
- In the past few days Maharasthra Congress secretary Shahzad Punavala has questioned the procedure of electing the party's top leadership, saying that for one person's 'choice' was the 'farce of an election' being held.
- choosing, selecting (act)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चयन cayan |
चयन cayan |
| oblique | चयन cayan |
चयनों cayanõ |
| vocative | चयन cayan |
चयनो cayano |
Derived terms
- चयनित (caynit, “chosen, selected”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चयन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চয়ন (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
- চয়ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- စယန (Burmese script)
- ચયન (Gujarati script)
- ਚਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಯನ (Kannada script)
- ចយន (Khmer script)
- ຈຍນ (Lao script)
- ചയന (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଚଯନ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
- චයන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
- சயந (Tamil script)
- చయన (Telugu script)
- จยน (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
चि (ci, “to arrange, collect”) + -अन (-ana, “nominal suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.jɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
चय॑न • (cáyana) stem, n
- piling up (wood, etc.)
- stacked wood
- collecting
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चय॑नम् (cáyanam) | चय॑ने (cáyane) | चय॑नानि (cáyanāni) चय॑ना¹ (cáyanā¹) |
| accusative | चय॑नम् (cáyanam) | चय॑ने (cáyane) | चय॑नानि (cáyanāni) चय॑ना¹ (cáyanā¹) |
| instrumental | चय॑नेन (cáyanena) | चय॑नाभ्याम् (cáyanābhyām) | चय॑नैः (cáyanaiḥ) चय॑नेभिः¹ (cáyanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चय॑नाय (cáyanāya) | चय॑नाभ्याम् (cáyanābhyām) | चय॑नेभ्यः (cáyanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चय॑नात् (cáyanāt) | चय॑नाभ्याम् (cáyanābhyām) | चय॑नेभ्यः (cáyanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चय॑नस्य (cáyanasya) | चय॑नयोः (cáyanayoḥ) | चय॑नानाम् (cáyanānām) |
| locative | चय॑ने (cáyane) | चय॑नयोः (cáyanayoḥ) | चय॑नेषु (cáyaneṣu) |
| vocative | चय॑न (cáyana) | चय॑ने (cáyane) | चय॑नानि (cáyanāni) चय॑ना¹ (cáyanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Hindi: चयन (cayan)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “चयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 392, column 2.