हेमन्त

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

hemanta (Latin script)
𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
ဟေမန္တ or ႁေမၼ္တ or ႁေမၼ်တ (Burmese script)
เหมนฺต or เหมันตะ (Thai script)
ᩉᩮᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ເຫມນ຺ຕ or ເຫມັນຕະ (Lao script)
ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
𑄦𑄬𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

हेमन्त m

Devanagari script form of hemanta (“winter”)

Declension

Declension table of "हेमन्त" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	हेमन्तो (hemanto)	हेमन्ता (hemantā)
Accusative (second)	हेमन्तं (hemantaṃ)	हेमन्ते (hemante)
Instrumental (third)	हेमन्तेन (hemantena)	हेमन्तेहि (hemantehi) or हेमन्तेभि (hemantebhi)
Dative (fourth)	हेमन्तस्स (hemantassa) or हेमन्ताय (hemantāya) or हेमन्तत्थं (hemantatthaṃ)	हेमन्तानं (hemantānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	हेमन्तस्मा (hemantasmā) or हेमन्तम्हा (hemantamhā) or हेमन्ता (hemantā)	हेमन्तेहि (hemantehi) or हेमन्तेभि (hemantebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	हेमन्तस्स (hemantassa)	हेमन्तानं (hemantānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	हेमन्तस्मिं (hemantasmiṃ) or हेमन्तम्हि (hemantamhi) or हेमन्ते (hemante)	हेमन्तेसु (hemantesu)
Vocative (calling)	हेमन्त (hemanta)	हेमन्ता (hemantā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

হেমন্ত (Assamese script)
ᬳᬾᬫᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰸𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
ဟေမန္တ (Burmese script)
હેમન્ત (Gujarati script)
ਹੇਮਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦺꦩꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂵𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ಹೇಮನ್ತ (Kannada script)
ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
ເຫມນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
ഹേമന്ത (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡝᠮᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘹𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠾᠧᠮᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧚𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐾𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
ହେମନ୍ତ (Odia script)
ꢲꢾꢪꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆼𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖸𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩔𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚲𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
ஹேமந்த (Tamil script)
హేమన్త (Telugu script)
เหมนฺต (Thai script)
ཧེ་མ་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒹𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨄𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyméns

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaymantás

Sanskrit हेमन्त

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaymantás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyméns, from *ǵʰey- (“winter”). Cognate with Latin hībernum (“winter”), Ancient Greek χεῖμᾰ (kheîmă), Persian (zemestân), Old Armenian ձմեռն (jmeṙn), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊, “winter”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐj.mɐn.tɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦeː.mɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

Noun

हे॒म॒न्त • (hemantá) stem, m

winter, the cold season
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:
  शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्ताञ् छतम् उ वसन्तान्।
  śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñ chatam u vasantān.
  Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हे॒म॒न्त
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हे॒म॒न्तः (hemantáḥ)	हे॒म॒न्तौ (hemantáu) हे॒म॒न्ता¹ (hemantā́¹)	हे॒म॒न्ताः (hemantā́ḥ) हे॒म॒न्तासः॑¹ (hemantā́saḥ¹)
accusative	हे॒म॒न्तम् (hemantám)	हे॒म॒न्तौ (hemantáu) हे॒म॒न्ता¹ (hemantā́¹)	हे॒म॒न्तान् (hemantā́n)
instrumental	हे॒म॒न्तेन॑ (hemanténa)	हे॒म॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (hemantā́bhyām)	हे॒म॒न्तैः (hemantáiḥ) हे॒म॒न्तेभिः॑¹ (hemantébhiḥ¹)
dative	हे॒म॒न्ताय॑ (hemantā́ya)	हे॒म॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (hemantā́bhyām)	हे॒म॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (hemantébhyaḥ)
ablative	हे॒म॒न्तात् (hemantā́t)	हे॒म॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (hemantā́bhyām)	हे॒म॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (hemantébhyaḥ)
genitive	हे॒म॒न्तस्य॑ (hemantásya)	हे॒म॒न्तयोः॑ (hemantáyoḥ)	हे॒म॒न्ताना॑म् (hemantā́nām)
locative	हे॒म॒न्ते (hemanté)	हे॒म॒न्तयोः॑ (hemantáyoḥ)	हे॒म॒न्तेषु॑ (hemantéṣu)
vocative	हेम॑न्त (hémanta)	हेम॑न्तौ (hémantau) हेम॑न्ता¹ (hémantā¹)	हेम॑न्ताः (hémantāḥ) हेम॑न्तासः¹ (hémantāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

हैमन्त (haimantá)

Related terms

हिम (himá)
हेमन् (héman)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Palula: ہیواند (heewaánd)
Pali: hemanta
- → Burmese: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman) (learned)
- → Khmer: ហេមន្ត (heemɑn) (learned)
Prakrit: 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀁𑀢 (hemaṃta)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: हेवंत (hevant)
- Romani: ivend
→ Bengali: হেমন্ত (hemôntô) (learned)
→ Kannada: ಹೇಮಂತ (hēmanta) (learned)
→ Malayalam: ഹേമന്തം (hēmantaṁ) (learned)
→ Tamil: ஹேமந்தம் (hēmantam), ஏமந்தம் (ēmantam) (learned)
→ Telugu: హేమంతము (hēmantamu) (learned)
→ Thai: เหมันต์ (hěe-man) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “हेमन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 819-20
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “hemantá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 226