શાણું

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• શિયાણું (śiyāṇũ)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑀸𑀡 (sajāṇa), from Sanskrit *सज्ञान (sajñāna). Cognates include Assamese সিয়ান (xian), Bengali শিয়ানা (śiẏana), Hindi सयान (sayān), Kumaoni सयाणो (sayāṇo), Nepali सियाना (siyānā), Odia ସିଆଣ (siaṇô), Punjabi سیْاݨا (siyāṇā), and Sindhi سِياٹو (siāṇo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.ɳũ/
• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: શા‧ણું

Adjective

શાણું • (śāṇũ)

1. smart, clever

   Synonyms: ચતુર (catur), હોશિયાર (hośiyār)

Declension

Declension of શાણું
	nominative			oblique/vocative/instrumental			locative
	singular	plural		singular	plural
masculine	શાણો (śāṇo)	શાણા (śāṇā)		શાણા (śāṇā)	શાણા (śāṇā)		શાણે (śāṇe)
neuter	શાણું (śāṇũ)	શાણાં (śāṇā̃)		શાણા (śāṇā)	શાણાં (śāṇā̃)		શાણે (śāṇe)
feminine	શાણી (śāṇī)	શાણી (śāṇī)		શાણી (śāṇī)	શાણી (śāṇī)
Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sajāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757