स्नान

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्नान (snāna).

Pronunciation

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

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)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্নান (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• স্নান (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နာန (Burmese script)
• સ્નાન (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನಾನ (Kannada script)
• ស្នាន (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນານ (Lao script)
• സ്നാന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନାନ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நாந (Tamil script)
• స్నాన (Telugu script)
• สฺนาน (Thai script)
• སྣཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From स्ना (snā, “to bathe”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

स्नान • (snāna) stem, 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

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of स्नान (snāna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नानम् snānam	स्नाने snāne	स्नानानि / स्नाना¹ snānāni / snānā¹
Vocative	स्नान snāna	स्नाने snāne	स्नानानि / स्नाना¹ snānāni / snānā¹
Accusative	स्नानम् snānam	स्नाने snāne	स्नानानि / स्नाना¹ snānāni / snānā¹
Instrumental	स्नानेन snānena	स्नानाभ्याम् snānābhyām	स्नानैः / स्नानेभिः¹ snānaiḥ / snānebhiḥ¹
Dative	स्नानाय snānāya	स्नानाभ्याम् snānābhyām	स्नानेभ्यः snānebhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नानात् snānāt	स्नानाभ्याम् snānābhyām	स्नानेभ्यः snānebhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नानस्य snānasya	स्नानयोः snānayoḥ	स्नानानाम् snānānām
Locative	स्नाने snāne	स्नानयोः snānayoḥ	स्नानेषु snāneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: sināna, nahāna
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡 (ṇhāṇa)
  • Old Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇa), न्हाण (nhāṇa)
    • Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇ), न्हाण (nhāṇ)
• → Bengali: স্নান (snan)
• → Bengali: চান (can) (semi-learned)
• → Kannada: ಸ್ನಾನ (snāna)
• → Hindi: स्नान (snān)
• → Malayalam: സ്നാനം (snānaṁ)
• → 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, page 1266/3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 796