स्ना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্না (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্না (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သ္နာ (Burmese script)
- સ્ના (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
- ស្នា (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
- സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්නා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
- స్నా (Telugu script)
- สฺนา (Thai script)
- སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /snɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪n̪ɑː/
Root
स्ना • (snā)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- स्नाति॑ (snā́ti, present)
- स्नायति (snāyati, present)
- स्ना॒स्यति॑ (snāsyáti, future)
- स्ना॒ता (snātā́, periphrastic future)
- अस्ना॑सीत् (ásnāsīt, aorist)
- स्ना॒यात् (snāyā́t, benedictive)
- स्ने॒यात् (sneyā́t, benedictive)
- स॒स्नौ (sasnáu, perfect)
Secondary forms
- स्ना॒यते॑ (snāyáte, passive)
- अस्ना॑यि (ásnāyi, passive aorist)
- स्ना॒पय॑ति (snāpáyati, causative)
- स्न॒पय॑ति (snapáyati, causative)
- सिस्नासति (sisnāsati, desiderative)
- सास्नायते (sāsnāyate, intensive)
- सास्नाति (sāsnāti, intensive)
- सास्नेति (sāsneti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- स्ना॒त (snātá, past participle)
- स्नातुम् (snātum, infinitive)
- स्ना॒त्वा (snātvā́, gerund)
- स्नाय॑ (snā́ya, gerund)
- स्नेय॑ (snéya, gerundive)
- स्नातव्य (snātavya, gerundive)
- स्नानीय (snānīya, gerundive)
- स्नात्व॑ (snā́tva, gerundive)
- सिष्णासु (siṣṇāsu, desiderative participle)
Derived nominal forms
- स्नप॑न (snápana)
- स्नातृ (snātṛ)
- स्नान (snāna)
- स्नापक (snāpaka)
- स्नापन (snāpana)
- स्नायिन् (snāyin)
Prefixed root forms
- उत्स्ना (utsnā)
- निष्णा (niṣṇā)
- प्रस्ना (prasnā)
- संस्ना (saṃsnā)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्ना (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्ना (4 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्ना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “snā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 769-770
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 572
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 971