स्तन
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /st̪ən/, [st̪ɐ̃n]
Noun
स्तन • (stan) m (Urdu spelling ستن)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | स्तन stan |
स्तन stan |
| oblique | स्तन stan |
स्तनों stanõ |
| vocative | स्तन stan |
स्तनो stano |
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st̪ən/
Noun
स्तन • (stana) m
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্তন (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
- স্তন (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- သ္တန (Burmese script)
- સ્તન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ತನ (Kannada script)
- ស្តន (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ຕນ (Lao script)
- സ്തന (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ତନ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ස්තන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஸ்தந (Tamil script)
- స్తన (Telugu script)
- สฺตน (Thai script)
- སྟ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(p)stánas, from Proto-Indo-European *pstón-o-s (“breast”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (fštāna, “breast of a woman”) and Persian پستان (pestân, “breast”), Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, “breast, chest”), Irish sine (“nipple”), Lithuanian spenys (“(animal) teats”) and Tocharian B päścane (“pair of breasts”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /stɐ́.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
स्तन • (stána) stem, m
- the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.49:
- यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि ।
यो रत्नधा वसुविद्यः सुदत्रः सरस्वति तमिह धातवे कः ॥- yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi.
yo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ sarasvati tamiha dhātave kaḥ. - That breast of thine exhaustless, spring of pleasure, wherewith thou feedest all things that are choicest,
Wealth-giver, treasure finder, free bestower,—bring that, Sarasvatī, that we may drain it.
- yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi.
- यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि ।
- the nipple (of the female or the male breast)
- a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्तनः (stánaḥ) | स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹) |
स्तनाः (stánāḥ) स्तनासः¹ (stánāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | स्तनम् (stánam) | स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹) |
स्तनान् (stánān) |
| instrumental | स्तनेन (stánena) | स्तनाभ्याम् (stánābhyām) | स्तनैः (stánaiḥ) स्तनेभिः¹ (stánebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | स्तनाय (stánāya) | स्तनाभ्याम् (stánābhyām) | स्तनेभ्यः (stánebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | स्तनात् (stánāt) | स्तनाभ्याम् (stánābhyām) | स्तनेभ्यः (stánebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | स्तनस्य (stánasya) | स्तनयोः (stánayoḥ) | स्तनानाम् (stánānām) |
| locative | स्तने (stáne) | स्तनयोः (stánayoḥ) | स्तनेषु (stáneṣu) |
| vocative | स्तन (stána) | स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹) |
स्तनाः (stánāḥ) स्तनासः¹ (stánāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- सस्तन (sastana, “mammal”)
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: تھَن (than)
- Pali: thana, thanaka
- Prakrit: 𑀣𑀡 (thaṇa)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Central Pahari:
- Garhwali: थण (thaṇ)
- Eastern Pahari:
- Nepali: थन (than)
- Central Pahari:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Northwestern:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Punjabi: thaṇ, than
- Gurmukhi script: ਥਣ, ਥਨ
- Shahmukhi script: تھَݨ, تھَن
- Lahnda: تھن (thaṇ)
- Punjabi: thaṇ, than
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi: thaṇu
- Arabic script: ٿَڻُ
- Devanagari script: थणु
- Kachchi: થણ (thaṇ)
- Sindhi: thaṇu
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Southern:
Borrowed terms
- → Hindustani: stan
- → Kannada: ಸ್ತನ (stana)
- → Marathi: स्तन (stan) (learned)
- → Telugu: స్తనము (stanamu)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788