फेन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ফেন (Assamese script)
- ᬨᬾᬦ (Balinese script)
- ফেন (Bengali script)
- 𑰣𑰸𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀨𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဖေန (Burmese script)
- ફેન (Gujarati script)
- ਫੇਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌫𑍇𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦦꦺꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂤𑂵𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಫೇನ (Kannada script)
- ផេន (Khmer script)
- ເຜນ (Lao script)
- ഫേന (Malayalam script)
- ᡦᡝᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘣𑘹𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠹᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧃𑧚𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐦𑐾𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଫେନ (Odia script)
- ꢧꢾꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆦𑆼𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖣𑖸𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ඵෙන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩱𑩔𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚟𑚲𑚝 (Takri script)
- பே²ந (Tamil script)
- ఫేన (Telugu script)
- เผน (Thai script)
- ཕེ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒤𑒹𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨟𑨄𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pʰáynas (“foam, saliva”). Cognate with Lithuanian spáinė, Russian пе́на (péna), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), spuma (“froth”), Old English fām (whence English foam).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pʰɐ́j.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pʰeː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
फेन • (phéna) stem, m or n
- foam, froth, scum
- moisture of the lips, saliva
- white cuttlefish bone, supposed to be indurated foam of the sea
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | फेनः (phénaḥ) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | फेनम् (phénam) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनान् (phénān) |
| instrumental | फेनेन (phénena) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | फेनाय (phénāya) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | फेनात् (phénāt) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | फेनस्य (phénasya) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनानाम् (phénānām) |
| locative | फेने (phéne) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनेषु (phéneṣu) |
| vocative | फेन (phéna) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | फेनम् (phénam) | फेने (phéne) | फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
| accusative | फेनम् (phénam) | फेने (phéne) | फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
| instrumental | फेनेन (phénena) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | फेनाय (phénāya) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | फेनात् (phénāt) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | फेनस्य (phénasya) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनानाम् (phénānām) |
| locative | फेने (phéne) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनेषु (phéneṣu) |
| vocative | फेन (phéna) | फेने (phéne) | फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- फेनक (phenaka)
Proper noun
फेन • (phéna) stem, m
- name of a man
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | फेनः (phénaḥ) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | फेनम् (phénam) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनान् (phénān) |
| instrumental | फेनेन (phénena) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | फेनाय (phénāya) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | फेनात् (phénāt) | फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām) | फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | फेनस्य (phénasya) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनानाम् (phénānām) |
| locative | फेने (phéne) | फेनयोः (phénayoḥ) | फेनेषु (phéneṣu) |
| vocative | फेन (phéna) | फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹) |
फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: pheṇa
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: phénu
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- → Tamil: பேனம் (pēṉam)
- → Malayalam: ഫേനം (phēnaṁ)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “फेन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 718, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “phena”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.