चनस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čánas, from *kanH- (“to love, take pleasure in”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂- (“to be pleased, enjoy”), infixed nasal stem of *keh₂- (“to like, wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

चनस् • (cánas) stem, n

1. delight
2. satisfaction

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of चनस् (cánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Vocative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Accusative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Instrumental	चनसा cánasā	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभिः cánobhiḥ
Dative	चनसे cánase	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभ्यः cánobhyaḥ
Ablative	चनसः cánasaḥ	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभ्यः cánobhyaḥ
Genitive	चनसः cánasaḥ	चनसोः cánasoḥ	चनसाम् cánasām
Locative	चनसि cánasi	चनसोः cánasoḥ	चनःसु cánaḥsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 386.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चनस्”, 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
• Mallory, J. P. with 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 343