શાણું
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- શિયાણું (śiyāṇũ)
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑀸𑀡 (sajāṇa), from Sanskrit *सज्ञान (*sajñāna). Cognate with Hindi सयान (sayān), Punjabi سیْاݨا (siyāṇā), Sindhi سِياٹو (siāṇo).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑ.ɳũ/
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: શા‧ણું
Adjective
શાણું • (śāṇũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | શાણો (śāṇo) | શાણા (śāṇā) | શાણા (śāṇā) | શાણે (śāṇe) | ||
| neuter | શાણું (śāṇũ) | શાણા (śāṇā) | શાણાં (śāṇā̃) | શાણે (śāṇe) | ||
| feminine | શાણી (śāṇī) | શાણી (śāṇī) | શાણી (śāṇī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sajāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757