हन्

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)

1. to strike, beat
2. to kill, slay
3. 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)

1. killing, slaying

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1287.