-इन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬇᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- -ইন্ (Assamese script)
- -ইন্ (Bengali script)
- -𑰂𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀇𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- -𑌇𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- -ઇન્ (Gujarati script)
- -ਇਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- -ꦆꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- -ឥន៑ (Khmer script)
- -ಇೝ (Kannada script)
- -ອິນ຺ (Lao script)
- -ഇന് (Malayalam script)
- -𑘂𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᢈᠨ (Mongolian script)
- ᠊ᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
- -ဣန် (Burmese script)
- -𑦢𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐂𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- -ଇନ୍ (Oriya script)
- -ꢄꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆅𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- -𑖂𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- -ඉන් (Sinhalese script)
- -ఇౝ (Telugu script)
- -อินฺ (Thai script)
- -ཨི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- -𑒃𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-inás, from Proto-Indo-European *-inós.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /in/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in̪/
Suffix
-इन् • (-in)
- possessing, showing possession, doer
- प्राण (prāṇa, “life”) + -इन् (-in) → प्राणिन् (prāṇin, “one possessing life, living”)
- यात्रा (yātrā, “travel”) + -इन् (-in) → यात्रिन् (yātrin, “one who travels, traveller”)
Declension
| Masculine in-stem declension of -इन् (-in) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -ई -ī | -इनौ / -इना¹ -inau / -inā¹ | -इनः -inaḥ |
| Vocative | -इन् -in | -इनौ / -इना¹ -inau / -inā¹ | -इनः -inaḥ |
| Accusative | -इनम् -inam | -इनौ / -इना¹ -inau / -inā¹ | -इनः -inaḥ |
| Instrumental | -इना -inā | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभिः -ibhiḥ |
| Dative | -इने -ine | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभ्यः -ibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | -इनः -inaḥ | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभ्यः -ibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | -इनः -inaḥ | -इनोः -inoḥ | -इनाम् -inām |
| Locative | -इनि -ini | -इनोः -inoḥ | -इषु -iṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Feminine ī-stem declension of -इनी (-inī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -इनी -inī | -इन्यौ / -इनी¹ -inyau / -inī¹ | -इन्यः / -इनीः¹ -inyaḥ / -inīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | -इनि -ini | -इन्यौ / -इनी¹ -inyau / -inī¹ | -इन्यः / -इनीः¹ -inyaḥ / -inīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | -इनीम् -inīm | -इन्यौ / -इनी¹ -inyau / -inī¹ | -इनीः -inīḥ |
| Instrumental | -इन्या -inyā | -इनीभ्याम् -inībhyām | -इनीभिः -inībhiḥ |
| Dative | -इन्यै -inyai | -इनीभ्याम् -inībhyām | -इनीभ्यः -inībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | -इन्याः -inyāḥ | -इनीभ्याम् -inībhyām | -इनीभ्यः -inībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | -इन्याः -inyāḥ | -इन्योः -inyoḥ | -इनीनाम् -inīnām |
| Locative | -इन्याम् -inyām | -इन्योः -inyoḥ | -इनीषु -inīṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter in-stem declension of -इन् (-in) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -इ -i | -इनी -inī | -ईनि -īni |
| Vocative | -इनि -ini | -इनी -inī | -ईनि -īni |
| Accusative | -इ -i | -इनी -inī | -ईनि -īni |
| Instrumental | -इना -inā | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभिः -ibhiḥ |
| Dative | -इने -ine | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभ्यः -ibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | -इनः -inaḥ | -इभ्याम् -ibhyām | -इभ्यः -ibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | -इनः -inaḥ | -इनोः -inoḥ | -इनाम् -inām |
| Locative | -इनि -ini | -इनोः -inoḥ | -इषु -iṣu |
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms suffixed with -इन्