हेमन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হেমন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬾᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- হেমন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰸𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဟေမန် (Burmese script)
- હેમન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਹੇਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦺꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂵𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಹೇಮೝ (Kannada script)
- ហេមន៑ (Khmer script)
- ເຫມນ຺ (Lao script)
- ഹേമന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡝᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘹𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠧᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧚𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐾𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ହେମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢾꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆼𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖸𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- හෙමන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩔𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
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- ஹேமந் (Tamil script)
- హేమౝ (Telugu script)
- เหมนฺ (Thai script)
- ཧེ་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒹𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨄𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰayman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰi-mén-s (“winter”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐ́j.mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦeː.mɐn̪/
Noun
हेमन् • (héman) stem, ?
Usage notes
The word is only used in the locative singular हेमन् (héman, “in the winter”).
Derived terms
- हैमन (haimaná)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन् 2.heman”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “héman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 819
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *źʰáyma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyma, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰi-mén-s, from *ǵʰey- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (zaēman).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐj.mɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦeː.mɐn̪/
Noun
हेमन् • (hemán) stem, m (root हि)
- impulse, zeal, driving
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हेमा (hemā́) | हेमानौ (hemā́nau) हेमाना¹ (hemā́nā¹) |
हेमानः (hemā́naḥ) |
| accusative | हेमानम् (hemā́nam) | हेमानौ (hemā́nau) हेमाना¹ (hemā́nā¹) |
हेम्नः (hemnáḥ) |
| instrumental | हेम्ना (hemnā́) हेमना² (hemánā²) |
हेमभ्याम् (hemábhyām) | हेमभिः (hemábhiḥ) |
| dative | हेम्ने (hemné) | हेमभ्याम् (hemábhyām) | हेमभ्यः (hemábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हेम्नः (hemnáḥ) | हेमभ्याम् (hemábhyām) | हेमभ्यः (hemábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हेम्नः (hemnáḥ) | हेम्नोः (hemnóḥ) | हेम्नाम् (hemnā́m) |
| locative | हेम्नि (hemní) हेमनि (hemáni) हेमन्¹ (hemán¹) |
हेम्नोः (hemnóḥ) | हेमसु (hemásu) |
| vocative | हेमन् (héman) | हेमानौ (hémānau) हेमाना¹ (hémānā¹) |
हेमानः (hémānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Rigvedic
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “hemán-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 819
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “hay”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 224-5
Etymology 3
Developed from हैम (haima, “covered with snow”) in the sense of "glimmering like snow".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦeː.mɐn̪/
Noun
हेमन् • (heman) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हेम (hema) | हेम्नी (hemnī) हेमनी (hemanī) |
हेमानि (hemāni) |
| accusative | हेम (hema) | हेम्नी (hemnī) हेमनी (hemanī) |
हेमानि (hemāni) |
| instrumental | हेम्ना (hemnā) | हेमभ्याम् (hemabhyām) | हेमभिः (hemabhiḥ) |
| dative | हेम्ने (hemne) | हेमभ्याम् (hemabhyām) | हेमभ्यः (hemabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) | हेमभ्याम् (hemabhyām) | हेमभ्यः (hemabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) | हेम्नोः (hemnoḥ) | हेम्नाम् (hemnām) |
| locative | हेम्नि (hemni) हेमनि (hemani) |
हेम्नोः (hemnoḥ) | हेमसु (hemasu) |
| vocative | हेमन् (heman) हेम (hema) |
हेम्नी (hemnī) हेमनी (hemanī) |
हेमानि (hemāni) |
Related terms
- हेम (hema) (used in compounds)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन् 3.heman”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “heman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][3] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 543-4