शण
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- শণ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬡ (Balinese script)
- শণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဏ (Burmese script)
- શણ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಣ (Kannada script)
- ឝណ (Khmer script)
- ຨຓ (Lao script)
- ശണ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଶଣ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖜 (Siddham script)
- ශණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚘 (Takri script)
- ஶண (Tamil script)
- శణ (Telugu script)
- ศณ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly from BMAC *kan/ćan.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɳɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɳɐ/
Noun
शण • (śaṇá) stem, m or n
- a kind of hemp, Cannabis sativa or Crotalaria juncea
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शणः (śaṇáḥ) | शणौ (śaṇaú) शणा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
शणाः (śaṇā́ḥ) शणासः¹ (śaṇā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शणम् (śaṇám) | शणौ (śaṇaú) शणा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
शणान् (śaṇā́n) |
| instrumental | शणेन (śaṇéna) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणैः (śaṇaíḥ) शणेभिः¹ (śaṇébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शणाय (śaṇā́ya) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणेभ्यः (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शणात् (śaṇā́t) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणेभ्यः (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शणस्य (śaṇásya) | शणयोः (śaṇáyoḥ) | शणानाम् (śaṇā́nām) |
| locative | शणे (śaṇé) | शणयोः (śaṇáyoḥ) | शणेषु (śaṇéṣu) |
| vocative | शण (śáṇa) | शणौ (śáṇau) शणा¹ (śáṇā¹) |
शणाः (śáṇāḥ) शणासः¹ (śáṇāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शणम् (śaṇám) | शणे (śaṇé) | शणानि (śaṇā́ni) शणा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
| accusative | शणम् (śaṇám) | शणे (śaṇé) | शणानि (śaṇā́ni) शणा¹ (śaṇā́¹) |
| instrumental | शणेन (śaṇéna) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणैः (śaṇaíḥ) शणेभिः¹ (śaṇébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शणाय (śaṇā́ya) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणेभ्यः (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शणात् (śaṇā́t) | शणाभ्याम् (śaṇā́bhyām) | शणेभ्यः (śaṇébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शणस्य (śaṇásya) | शणयोः (śaṇáyoḥ) | शणानाम् (śaṇā́nām) |
| locative | शणे (śaṇé) | शणयोः (śaṇáyoḥ) | शणेषु (śaṇéṣu) |
| vocative | शण (śáṇa) | शणे (śáṇe) | शणानि (śáṇāni) शणा¹ (śáṇā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- शाण (śāṇa, “hempen”)
Descendants
- Pali: saṇa
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀡 (saṇa), 𑀲𑀺𑀡 (siṇa)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: सण् (saṇ)
- Nepali: सन् (san)
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Gujarati: સણ (saṇ)
- Gujarati: સણિયું (saṇiyũ)
- Odia: ଛଣି (chaṇi)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899) “शण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1048.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press