शण
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- শণ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬡ (Balinese script)
- শণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဏ (Burmese script)
- શણ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಣ (Kannada script)
- ឝណ (Khmer script)
- ຨຓ (Lao script)
- ശണ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଶଣ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖜 (Siddham script)
- ශණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚘 (Takri script)
- ஶண (Tamil script)
- శణ (Telugu script)
- ศณ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly from BMAC *kan/ćan.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɳɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɳɐ/
Noun
श॒ण • (śaṇá) stem, m or n
- a kind of hemp, Cannabis sativa or Crotalaria juncea
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श॒णः (śaṇáḥ) | श॒णौ (śaṇáu) श॒णा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
श॒णाः (śaṇā́ḥ) श॒णासः॑¹ (śaṇā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | श॒णम् (śaṇám) | श॒णौ (śaṇáu) श॒णा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
श॒णान् (śaṇā́n) |
| instrumental | श॒णेन॑ (śaṇéna) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णैः (śaṇáiḥ) श॒णेभिः॑¹ (śaṇébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | श॒णाय॑ (śaṇā́ya) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णेभ्यः॑ (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श॒णात् (śaṇā́t) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णेभ्यः॑ (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श॒णस्य॑ (śaṇásya) | श॒णयोः॑ (śaṇáyoḥ) | श॒णाना॑म् (śaṇā́nām) |
| locative | श॒णे (śaṇé) | श॒णयोः॑ (śaṇáyoḥ) | श॒णेषु॑ (śaṇéṣu) |
| vocative | शण॑ (śáṇa) | शणौ॑ (śáṇau) शणा॑¹ (śáṇā¹) |
शणाः॑ (śáṇāḥ) शणा॑सः¹ (śáṇāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श॒णम् (śaṇám) | श॒णे (śaṇé) | श॒णानि॑ (śaṇā́ni) श॒णा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
| accusative | श॒णम् (śaṇám) | श॒णे (śaṇé) | श॒णानि॑ (śaṇā́ni) श॒णा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
| instrumental | श॒णेन॑ (śaṇéna) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णैः (śaṇáiḥ) श॒णेभिः॑¹ (śaṇébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | श॒णाय॑ (śaṇā́ya) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णेभ्यः॑ (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श॒णात् (śaṇā́t) | श॒णाभ्या॑म् (śaṇā́bhyām) | श॒णेभ्यः॑ (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श॒णस्य॑ (śaṇásya) | श॒णयोः॑ (śaṇáyoḥ) | श॒णाना॑म् (śaṇā́nām) |
| locative | श॒णे (śaṇé) | श॒णयोः॑ (śaṇáyoḥ) | श॒णेषु॑ (śaṇéṣu) |
| vocative | शण॑ (śáṇa) | शणे॑ (śáṇe) | शणा॑नि (śáṇāni) शणा॑¹ (śáṇā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- शाण (śāṇa, “hempen”)
Descendants
- Pali: saṇa
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀡 (saṇa), 𑀲𑀺𑀡 (siṇa)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: सण् (saṇ)
- Nepali: सन् (san)
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Gujarati: સણ (saṇ)
- Gujarati: સણિયું (saṇiyũ)
- Odia: ଛଣି (chaṇi)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899), “शण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1048.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press