शनैस्

See also: शनि, शान, and श्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • শনৈস্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬦᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • শনৈস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰡𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀦𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐနဲသ် (Burmese script)
  • શનૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਨੈਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦤꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂢𑂶𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶನೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឝនៃស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຨໄນສ຺ (Lao script)
  • ശനൈസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᠨᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘡𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᠨᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧁𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐣𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଶନୈସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢥꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆤𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖡𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ශනෛස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩯𑩗𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚝𑚳𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஶநைஸ் (Tamil script)
  • శనైస్ (Telugu script)
  • ศไนสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ནཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒢𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨝𑨇𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally the instrumental plural of an unattested *शन (*śana, “quiet, calm, soft”), suggested to be either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱEn- or from the same root as Proto-Iranian *san- (“to mount, ascend”).[1][2] In the latter case, the Iranian verb is of uncertain origin, and may be borrowed from the the BMAC substrate.[3]

Pronunciation

Adverb

शनै॑स् • (śánais)

  1. quietly, softly, gently, gradually, alternately, slowly
    हस्ती शनैः शनैः चलति।
    hastī śanaiḥ śanaiḥ calati.
    The elephant walks slowly.

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śánaiṣ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 607
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “śánaiḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295
  3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*san”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330

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