नहान

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (ṇhāṇa), from Sanskrit स्नान (snāna). Doublet of स्नान (snān).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nə.ɦɑːn/, [nɐ.ɦä̃ːn]

Noun

नहान • (nahān) m (Urdu spelling نَہان)

  1. bathing, washing (act)
    Synonym: स्नान (snān)
  2. (Hinduism) the ritual of bathing an idol

Declension

Declension of नहान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct नहान
nahān 		नहान
nahān
oblique नहान
nahān 		नहानों
nahānõ
vocative नहान
nahān 		नहानो
nahāno

References

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