सन्

See also: सन

Hindi

Alternative forms

सन (san)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة‎ (sana). Also influenced by Sanskrit सन् (san, name of an era).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən/, [s̪ə̃n̪]

Noun

सन् • (san) m (Urdu spelling سن‎)

year
Synonyms: वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)
era
ईसवी सन् ― īsvī san ― Christian era; AD

Declension

Declension of सन् (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सन् san	सन् san
oblique	सन् san	सनों sanõ
vocative	सन् san	सनो sano

Pali

Alternative forms

san (Latin script)
𑀲𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
সন্ (Bengali script)
සන් (Sinhalese script)
သန် or သၼ် (Burmese script)
สนฺ or สัน (Thai script)
ᩈᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
ສນ຺ or ສັນ (Lao script)
សន៑ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄚𑄴 (Chakma script)

Noun

सन् m

Devanagari script form of san

Declension

Only consensus forms are shown.

Declension table of "सन्" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	सा (sā)	सा (sā)
Accusative (second)	(uncertain)	साने (sāne)
Dative (fourth)	सस्स (sassa)	सानं (sānaṃ)
Genitive (sixth)	सस्स (sassa)	सानं (sānaṃ)
Vocative (calling)	स (sa)	सा (sā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬲᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
সন্ (Assamese script)
সন্ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌸𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
સન્ (Gujarati script)
ਸਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦱꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
សន៑ (Khmer script)
ಸೝ (Kannada script)
ສນ຺ (Lao script)
സന് (Malayalam script)
𑘭𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
ᠰᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
သန် (Burmese script)
𑧍𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ସନ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢱꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
සන් (Sinhalese script)
సౝ (Telugu script)
สนฺ (Thai script)
ས་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- (“to seek, accomplish, work on, succeed”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνύω (anúō, “cause, accomplish”), the source of authentic (see αὐθέντης (authéntēs)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪/

Root

सन् • (san)

to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy
to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute
to be successful, be granted or fulfilled
to wish, to acquire or obtain
to wish to procure or bestow
to gain or acquire repeatedly

Derived terms

सनोति (sanóti)
सन (sana)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1140.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 183
Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सन्”, 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), “सन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

Mallory, J. P.; 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 369
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 532
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0906