स्ना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্না (Assamese script)
- স্না (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- સ્ના (Gujarati script)
- ਸੑਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- ស្នា (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
- സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- သ္နာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନା (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්නා (Sinhalese script)
- స్నా (Telugu script)
- สฺนา (Thai script)
- སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /snɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪n̪ɑː/
Root
स्ना • (snā)
- to bathe, wash
Derived terms
- स्नाति (snā́ti)
- स्नात (snātá)
- स्नान (snā́na)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1266.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्ना”, 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), “स्ना”, 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 403
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 572
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0971