ह्नु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬳ᭄ᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- হ্নু (Assamese script)
- হ্নু (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰿𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁆𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌹𑍍𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- હ્નુ (Gujarati script)
- ਹੑਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦲ꧀ꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- ហ្នុ (Khmer script)
- ಹ್ನು (Kannada script)
- ຫ຺ນຸ (Lao script)
- ഹ്നു (Malayalam script)
- 𑘮𑘿𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- ᡥᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- ဟ္နု (Burmese script)
- 𑧎𑧠𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑂𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ହ୍ନୁ (Oriya script)
- ꢲ꣄ꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑇀𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖿𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- හ්නු (Sinhalese script)
- హ్ను (Telugu script)
- หฺนุ (Thai script)
- ཧྣུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓂𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰnew- (“to be ashamed”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦnu/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɦn̪u/
Root
ह्नु • (hnu)
- to hide from
- to drive or take away
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ह्नु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1306.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 208
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ह्नु”, 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), “ह्नु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 180