سانس

See also: شانس

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱwos-ó-s
    Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsa)
    Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
    Urdu سان٘س (sā̃s)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi سانس (sans /⁠sā̃s⁠/) (c. 1565),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa),[2] from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá).[3][4]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    سان٘س • (sā̃s) f (Hindi spelling साँस)

    1. breath, breathing
    2. sigh

    Declension

    Declension of سانس
    singular plural
    direct سان٘س (sā̃s) سان٘سیں (sā̃sẽ)
    oblique سان٘س (sā̃s) سان٘سوں (sā̃sõ)
    vocative سان٘س (sā̃s) سان٘سو (sā̃so)

    References

    1. ^ “سانس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    3. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “سانس”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    4. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “سانس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

    Further reading

    • “سانس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “سانس”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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