स्वन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound). Cognate with Latin sonō the source of English sound, sonic etc.; Old English swinn (melody), English swan.

Pronunciation

Root

स्वन् • (svan)

  1. to sound
  2. to make any noise, roar, yell
  3. to hum, sing

Derived terms

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वन्”, 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) “स्वन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press