चण
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চণ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬡ (Balinese script)
- চণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- စဏ (Burmese script)
- ચણ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಣ (Kannada script)
- ចណ (Khmer script)
- ຈຓ (Lao script)
- ചണ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଚଣ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖜 (Siddham script)
- චණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚘 (Takri script)
- சண (Tamil script)
- చణ (Telugu script)
- จณ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ɳɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ɳɐ/
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu సెనగలు (senagalu, “chickpea (Cicer arietinum)”). In this case, the Sanskrit term is borrowed from Dravidian, rather than the other way around.
Noun
चण • (caṇa) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चणः (caṇaḥ) | चणौ (caṇau) चणा¹ (caṇā¹) |
चणाः (caṇāḥ) चणासः¹ (caṇāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | चणम् (caṇam) | चणौ (caṇau) चणा¹ (caṇā¹) |
चणान् (caṇān) |
| instrumental | चणेन (caṇena) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणैः (caṇaiḥ) चणेभिः¹ (caṇebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चणाय (caṇāya) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चणात् (caṇāt) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चणस्य (caṇasya) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणानाम् (caṇānām) |
| locative | चणे (caṇe) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणेषु (caṇeṣu) |
| vocative | चण (caṇa) | चणौ (caṇau) चणा¹ (caṇā¹) |
चणाः (caṇāḥ) चणासः¹ (caṇāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- चणक (caṇaka)
Etymology 2
Related to चुञ्चु (cuñcu, “renowned for”) and चञ्चु (cañcu, “renowned for”).
Adjective
चण • (caṇa) stem
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चणः (caṇaḥ) | चणौ (caṇau) | चणाः (caṇāḥ) |
| accusative | चणम् (caṇam) | चणौ (caṇau) | चणान् (caṇān) |
| instrumental | चणेन (caṇena) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणैः (caṇaiḥ) |
| dative | चणाय (caṇāya) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चणात् (caṇāt) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चणस्य (caṇasya) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणानाम् (caṇānām) |
| locative | चणे (caṇe) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणेषु (caṇeṣu) |
| vocative | चण (caṇa) | चणौ (caṇau) | चणाः (caṇāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चणा (caṇā) | चणे (caṇe) | चणाः (caṇāḥ) |
| accusative | चणाम् (caṇām) | चणे (caṇe) | चणाः (caṇāḥ) |
| instrumental | चणया (caṇayā) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणाभिः (caṇābhiḥ) |
| dative | चणायै (caṇāyai) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणाभ्यः (caṇābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चणायाः (caṇāyāḥ) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणाभ्यः (caṇābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चणायाः (caṇāyāḥ) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणानाम् (caṇānām) |
| locative | चणायाम् (caṇāyām) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणासु (caṇāsu) |
| vocative | चणे (caṇe) | चणे (caṇe) | चणाः (caṇāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चणम् (caṇam) | चणे (caṇe) | चणानि (caṇāni) |
| accusative | चणम् (caṇam) | चणे (caṇe) | चणानि (caṇāni) |
| instrumental | चणेन (caṇena) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणैः (caṇaiḥ) |
| dative | चणाय (caṇāya) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चणात् (caṇāt) | चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām) | चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चणस्य (caṇasya) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणानाम् (caṇānām) |
| locative | चणे (caṇe) | चणयोः (caṇayoḥ) | चणेषु (caṇeṣu) |
| vocative | चण (caṇa) | चणे (caṇe) | चणानि (caṇāni) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 383/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 177
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 369