चन्द्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- श्चन्द् (ścand)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চন্দ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চন্দ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
- ચન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
- ចន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
- ചന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චන්ද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- சந்த்³ (Tamil script)
- చన్ద్ (Telugu script)
- จนฺทฺ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Based on श्चन्द्र (ścandra) / चन्द्र (candra, “moon, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to glow, shine”). Doublet of चण्ड् (caṇḍ) and छन्द् (chand).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐnd/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐn̪d̪/
Root
चन्द् • (cand)
Derived terms
- चन्द्र (candra, “moon”)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAND (ŚCAND)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 528-529
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0386/2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177