ساون
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in c. 1780 as Middle Hindi ساون (savn /sāvan/),[1] inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀡 (sāvaṇa), from Sanskrit श्रावण (śrā́vaṇa).[2] Cognate with Bengali শাওন (śaōn), Gujarati સાવણ (sāvaṇ), Punjabi ساون / ਸਉਣ (sauṇa), and Sindhi سانوڻ / सांवणु (sā̃vaṇu). Compare Pashto ساوڼ (sāwaṇ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɑː.ʋən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Hyphenation: سا‧ون
Noun
[edit]ساوَن • (sāvan) m (Hindi spelling सावन)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ساون | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | ساوَن (sāvan) | ساوَن (sāvan) |
oblique | ساوَن (sāvan) | ساوَنوں (sāvanō̃) |
vocative | ساوَن (sāvan) | ساوَنو (sāvanō) |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ساون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ساون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ساون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 630
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