savana

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsavana]

Noun

savana f

  1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

Declension

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Taíno [Term?].

Noun

savana f (plural savane)

  1. savanna

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

    Derived from Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa, hearing), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

    Noun

    savana n[1][2]

    1. hearing,[1][2] listening
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        c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:
        121. Su savane saka sattimhi
        khi khayamhi gi saddane
        apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
        hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.
        121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.
    2. ear[1][2]
    Declension
    Descendants

    Thai: สวน (sà-wá-ná-), listening)

    Etymology 2

      Derived from Sanskrit स्रवण (sravaṇa, flowing), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

      Noun

      savana n[1][2]

      1. flowing[1][2]
      Declension

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 470.
      2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “savana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

      Portuguese

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Spanish sabana.[1][2]

      Pronunciation

       
       

      • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

      Noun

      savana f (plural savanas)

      1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

      References

      1. ^ savana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
      2. ^ savana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

      Further reading

      Serbo-Croatian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /saʋǎna/
      • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

      Noun

      savàna f (Cyrillic spelling сава̀на)

      1. savanna

      Declension

      Declension of savana
      singular plural
      nominative savàna savane
      genitive savane savánā
      dative savani savanama
      accusative savanu savane
      vocative savano savane
      locative savani savanama
      instrumental savanom savanama

      Swahili

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English savanna.

      Pronunciation

      • Audio (Kenya):(file)

      Noun

      savana class IX (plural savana class X)

      1. savanna