स्नुषा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্নুষা (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬸᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্নুষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰲𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀼𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သ္နုၑာ (Burmese script)
- સ્નુષા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਨੁਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑍁𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦸꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂳𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ನುಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ស្នុឞា (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ນຸຩາ (Lao script)
- സ്നുഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠨᡠᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘳𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠤᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧔𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐸𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନୁଷା (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢸꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆶𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖲𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්නුෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩒𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚰𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸ்நுஷா (Tamil script)
- స్నుషా (Telugu script)
- สฺนุษา (Thai script)
- སྣུ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒳𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨃𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás (“daughter-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Persian سنه (sonoh), سنهار (sonhâr), Latin nurus, Ancient Greek νυός (nuós), Old English snoru.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /snu.ʂɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪n̪u.ʂɑː/
Noun
स्नु॒षा • (snuṣā́) stem, f
- daughter-in-law
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 8.6.24:
- ये सूर्यात्परिसर्पन्ति स्नुषेव श्वशुरादधि ।
- ye sūryātparisarpanti snuṣeva śvaśurādadhi.
- She slinkers from the Sun, as slinks a daughter-in-law from her father-in-law
- ये सूर्यात्परिसर्पन्ति स्नुषेव श्वशुरादधि ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्नु॒षा (snuṣā́) | स्नु॒षे (snuṣé) | स्नु॒षाः (snuṣā́ḥ) |
| accusative | स्नु॒षाम् (snuṣā́m) | स्नु॒षे (snuṣé) | स्नु॒षाः (snuṣā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | स्नु॒षया॑ (snuṣáyā) स्नु॒षा¹ (snuṣā́¹) |
स्नु॒षाभ्या॑म् (snuṣā́bhyām) | स्नु॒षाभिः॑ (snuṣā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | स्नु॒षायै॑ (snuṣā́yai) | स्नु॒षाभ्या॑म् (snuṣā́bhyām) | स्नु॒षाभ्यः॑ (snuṣā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | स्नु॒षायाः॑ (snuṣā́yāḥ) स्नु॒षायै॑² (snuṣā́yai²) |
स्नु॒षाभ्या॑म् (snuṣā́bhyām) | स्नु॒षाभ्यः॑ (snuṣā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | स्नु॒षायाः॑ (snuṣā́yāḥ) स्नु॒षायै॑² (snuṣā́yai²) |
स्नु॒षयोः॑ (snuṣáyoḥ) | स्नु॒षाणा॑म् (snuṣā́ṇām) |
| locative | स्नु॒षाया॑म् (snuṣā́yām) | स्नु॒षयोः॑ (snuṣáyoḥ) | स्नु॒षासु॑ (snuṣā́su) |
| vocative | स्नुषे॑ (snúṣe) | स्नुषे॑ (snúṣe) | स्नुषाः॑ (snúṣāḥ) |
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