स्वन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্বন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্বন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သွန် (Burmese script)
- સ્વન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ವೝ (Kannada script)
- ស្វន៑ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ວນ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്വന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢦᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්වන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸ்வந் (Tamil script)
- స్వౝ (Telugu script)
- สฺวนฺ (Thai script)
- སྭ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”). Cognate with Latin sonō the source of English sound, sonic etc.; Old English swinn (“melody”), English swan.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sʋɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐn̪/
Root
स्वन् • (svan)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- स्वनति (svanati, present)
- स्वनते (svanate, present)
- स्वनिष्यति (svaniṣyati, future)
- स्वनिता (svanitā, periphrastic future)
- अस्वनीत् (asvanīt, aorist)
- सस्वान (sasvāna, perfect)
Secondary forms
- स्वनयति (svanayati, causative)
- स्वानयति (svānayati, causative)
- असिस्वनत् (asisvanat, causative aorist)
- सिस्वनिषति (sisvaniṣati, desiderative)
- संस्वन्यते (saṃsvanyate, intensive)
- संस्वन्ति (saṃsvanti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- स्वनितुम् (svanitum, infinitive)
Derived nominal forms
- स्व॒न (svaná)
- स्व॒नि॒त (svanitá)
Prefixed root forms
- परिष्वन् (pariṣvan)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्वन् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्वन् (1 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 201
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्वन्”, 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), “स्वन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- 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 360
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 611
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1046