ज्योत्स्ना

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

জ্যোত্স্না (Assamese script)
ᬚ᭄ᬬᭀᬢ᭄ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
জ্যোত্স্না (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰿𑰧𑰺𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑁆𑀬𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဇျောတ္သ္နာ (Burmese script)
જ્યોત્સ્ના (Gujarati script)
ਜ੍ਯੋਤ੍ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦾꦺꦴꦠ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂹𑂨𑂷𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
ជ្យោត្ស្នា (Khmer script)
ຊ຺ໂຍຕ຺ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
ജ്യോത്സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠶᠣᢠᠰ᠌ᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘿𑘧𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠽᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢐᠰᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧠𑧇𑧜𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑑂𑐫𑑀𑐟𑑂𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
ଜ୍ଯୋତ୍ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
ꢙ꣄ꢫꣂꢡ꣄ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑇀𑆪𑆾𑆠𑇀𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖿𑖧𑖺𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
ජ්‍යොත‍්ස‍්නා (Sinhalese script)
𑩣 𑪙𑩻𑩕𑩫 𑪙𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚶𑚣𑚴𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
ஜ்யோத்ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
జ్యోత్స్నా (Telugu script)
ชฺโยตฺสฺนา (Thai script)
ཛྱོ་ཏྶྣཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑓂𑒨𑒼𑒞𑓂𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑩇𑨪𑨆𑨙𑩇𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dyowtsneh₂, derived from *dyew- +‎ *-t +‎ *-sneh₂.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑjɐ́wts.nɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑjoːt̪s̪.n̪ɑː/

Noun

ज्योत्स्ना • (jyótsnā) stem, f ^[1]^[2]

moonlight; a moonlit night
splendour, light

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ज्योत्स्ना
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज्योत्स्ना (jyótsnā)	ज्योत्स्ने (jyótsne)	ज्योत्स्नाः (jyótsnāḥ)
accusative	ज्योत्स्नाम् (jyótsnām)	ज्योत्स्ने (jyótsne)	ज्योत्स्नाः (jyótsnāḥ)
instrumental	ज्योत्स्नया (jyótsnayā) ज्योत्स्ना¹ (jyótsnā¹)	ज्योत्स्नाभ्याम् (jyótsnābhyām)	ज्योत्स्नाभिः (jyótsnābhiḥ)
dative	ज्योत्स्नायै (jyótsnāyai)	ज्योत्स्नाभ्याम् (jyótsnābhyām)	ज्योत्स्नाभ्यः (jyótsnābhyaḥ)
ablative	ज्योत्स्नायाः (jyótsnāyāḥ) ज्योत्स्नायै² (jyótsnāyai²)	ज्योत्स्नाभ्याम् (jyótsnābhyām)	ज्योत्स्नाभ्यः (jyótsnābhyaḥ)
genitive	ज्योत्स्नायाः (jyótsnāyāḥ) ज्योत्स्नायै² (jyótsnāyai²)	ज्योत्स्नयोः (jyótsnayoḥ)	ज्योत्स्नानाम् (jyótsnānām)
locative	ज्योत्स्नायाम् (jyótsnāyām)	ज्योत्स्नयोः (jyótsnayoḥ)	ज्योत्स्नासु (jyótsnāsu)
vocative	ज्योत्स्ने (jyótsne)	ज्योत्स्ने (jyótsne)	ज्योत्स्नाः (jyótsnāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

→ Bengali: জ্যোৎস্না (jōtsna)
→ Bengali: জোছনা (jōchna) (semi-learned)
Kashmiri: زوٗن (zūn, “moon”)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: জোন (zün, “moon”)
- Bhojpuri: 𑂔𑂷𑂢𑂹𑂯𑂲 (jonhī, “star”)
- Magahi: 𑂔𑂷𑂢𑂹𑂯𑂲 (jonhī, “star”)
- Odia: ଜହ୍ନ (jahna, “moon”)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (juṇhā), 𑀚𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (joṇhā)
Pali: juṇhā
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Nepali: जून (jūna), जुन (juna)
- Old Hindi: जोन्हा (jonhā)
  - ⇒ Hindi: जुन्हाई (junhāī, “moonlight”), जुन्हैया (junhaiyā)
- Romani: ćhon (“moon”)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “ज्योत्स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 427.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyṓtsnā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Monier Williams (1899) “ज्योत्स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 427.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyṓtsnā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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