हन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰan-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐn̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɦɐn̪/
Root
हन् • (han)
- to strike, beat
- to kill, slay
- to put to death, execute
Derived terms
- हते (hate, rare, 2 Ā)
- हनति (hanati, 1 P)
- हन्ति (hanti, 2 P)
- अहानीत् (ahānīt)
- जङ्घन्ति (jaṅghanti)
- जङ्घन्यते (jaṅghanyate)
- जिघांसति (jighāṃsati)
- जिघांसते (jighāṃsate)
- जिघ्नते (jighnate)
- जेघ्नीयते (jeghnīyate)
- हत (hata)
- हन्यति (hanyati)
- हन्यते (hanyate)
- हिंस् (hiṃs)
Adjective
हन् • (han)
- killing, slaying
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “हन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1287.