स्नान

स्नान

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्नान (snāna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /snɑːn/, [s̪n̪ä̃ːn̪]

Noun

स्नान • (snān) m (Urdu spelling اسنان‎)

1. the act of bathing, ablution
2. a place for bathing

Declension

Declension of स्नान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्नान snān	स्नान snān
oblique	स्नान snān	स्नानों snānõ
vocative	स्नान snān	स्नानो snāno

Related terms

• स्नानघर (snānghar)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• স্নান (Assamese script)
• স্নান (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• સ્નાન (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਨਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• ស្នាន (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ನಾನ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ນານ (Lao script)
• സ്നാന (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• သ္နာန (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନାନ (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ස්නාන (Sinhalese script)
• స్నాన (Telugu script)
• สฺนาน (Thai script)
• སྣཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to bathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्नान • (snāna) n

1. bath, bathing
2. bathroom
3. ablution
4. cleansing, washing off
5. religious or ceremonial ablution
6. bathing in sacred waters
7. anything used in ablution

Descendants

• Pali: sināna, nahāna
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡 (ṇhāṇa)
  • Old Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇa), न्हाण (nhāṇa)
    • Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇ), न्हाण (nhāṇ)
• → Kannada: ಸ್ನಾನ (snāna)
• → Hindi: स्नान (snān)
• → Malayalam: സ്നാനം (snānaṃ)
• → Telugu: స్నానము (snānamu)
• → Urdu: سنان‎ (snān), اسنان‎ (isnān)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्नान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 768.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 796