स्ना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্না (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্না (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သ္နာ (Burmese script)
- સ્ના (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
- ស្នា (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
- സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්නා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
- స్నా (Telugu script)
- สฺนา (Thai script)
- སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /snɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪n̪ɑː/
Root
स्ना • (snā)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्ना (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्ना (4 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- स्नाति (snā́ti) (Present)
- स्नायति (snāyati) (Present)
- स्नास्यति (snāsyáti) (Future)
- स्नाता (snātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अस्नासीत् (ásnāsīt) (Aorist)
- स्नायात् (snāyā́t) (Benedictive)
- स्नेयात् (sneyā́t) (Benedictive)
- सस्नौ (sasnáu) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- स्नायते (snāyáte) (Passive)
- अस्नायि (ásnāyi) (Passive Aorist)
- स्नापयति (snāpáyati) (Causative)
- स्नपयति (snapáyati) (Causative)
- सिस्नासति (sisnāsati) (Desiderative)
- सास्नायते (sāsnāyate) (Intensive)
- सास्नाति (sāsnāti) (Intensive)
- सास्नेति (sāsneti) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- स्नात (snātá) (Past Participle)
- स्नातुम् (snātum) (Infinitive)
- स्नात्वा (snātvā́) (Gerund)
- स्नाय (snā́ya) (Gerund)
- स्नेय (snéya) (Gerundive)
- स्नातव्य (snātavya) (Gerundive)
- स्नानीय (snānīya) (Gerundive)
- स्नात्व (snā́tva) (Gerundive)
- सिष्णासु (siṣṇāsu) (Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- स्नपन (snápana)
- स्नातृ (snātṛ)
- स्नान (snāna)
- स्नापक (snāpaka)
- स्नापन (snāpana)
- स्नायिन् (snāyin)
- Prefixed Root Forms
- उत्स्ना (utsnā)
- निष्णा (niṣṇā)
- प्रस्ना (prasnā)
- संस्ना (saṃsnā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्ना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “snā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 769-770
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 572
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “971”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 971