ساون

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi ساون (savn /⁠sāvan⁠/) (c. 1780),[1] from Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀡 (sāvaṇa), from Sanskrit श्रावण (śrā́vaṇa).[2] Cognate with Bengali শাওন (śaōn), Gujarati સાવણ (sāvaṇ), Punjabi ਸਉਣ (sauṇa) / ساون (sāvn), Sindhi سانوڻ / सांवणु (sā̃vaṇu). Compare Pashto ساوڼ (sāwaṇ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ساوَن • (sāvan) m (Hindi spelling सावन)

  1. monsoon
  2. Shraavana (the fifth month in the Hindu Calendar)

Declension

Declension of ساون
singular plural
direct ساوَن (sāvan) ساوَن (sāvan)
oblique ساوَن (sāvan) ساوَنوں (sāvanõ)
vocative ساوَن (sāvan) ساوَنو (sāvano)

See also

Hindu calendar monthsedit

References

  1. ^ “ساون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrā́vaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 736

Further reading

  • “ساون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ساون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ساون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 630
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