तुहिन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Often connected to तुषार (tuṣāra, cold, frost), itself with unclear origins; Wack derives it from a related possible etymon *तुषिण (*tuṣiṇa), with debuccalization.

Pronunciation

Noun

तुहिन • (tuhina) stemn

  1. frost, cold, mist, dew, snow
  2. moonlight
  3. camphor

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तुहिन
singular dual plural
nominative तुहिनम् (tuhinam) तुहिने (tuhine) तुहिनानि (tuhināni)
तुहिना¹ (tuhinā¹)
accusative तुहिनम् (tuhinam) तुहिने (tuhine) तुहिनानि (tuhināni)
तुहिना¹ (tuhinā¹)
instrumental तुहिनेन (tuhinena) तुहिनाभ्याम् (tuhinābhyām) तुहिनैः (tuhinaiḥ)
तुहिनेभिः¹ (tuhinebhiḥ¹)
dative तुहिनाय (tuhināya) तुहिनाभ्याम् (tuhinābhyām) तुहिनेभ्यः (tuhinebhyaḥ)
ablative तुहिनात् (tuhināt) तुहिनाभ्याम् (tuhinābhyām) तुहिनेभ्यः (tuhinebhyaḥ)
genitive तुहिनस्य (tuhinasya) तुहिनयोः (tuhinayoḥ) तुहिनानाम् (tuhinānām)
locative तुहिने (tuhine) तुहिनयोः (tuhinayoḥ) तुहिनेषु (tuhineṣu)
vocative तुहिन (tuhina) तुहिने (tuhine) तुहिनानि (tuhināni)
तुहिना¹ (tuhinā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तुहिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 452/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 253
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 518