क्वथन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্বথন (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬯᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
• ক্বথন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰪𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀯𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကွထန (Burmese script)
• ક્વથન (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਵਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌵𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦮꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂫𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ವಥನ (Kannada script)
• ក្វថន (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ວຖນ (Lao script)
• ക്വഥന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᠸᠠᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘪𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢦᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧊𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐰𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଵଥନ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢮꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆮𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖪𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍වථන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑩾𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚦𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
• க்வத²ந (Tamil script)
• క్వథన (Telugu script)
• กฺวถน (Thai script)
• ཀྭ་ཐ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒫𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨭𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et-

Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit क्वथन (kvathana)

From the root क्वथ् (kvath, “to boil”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʋɐ.tʰɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʋɐ.t̪ʰɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

क्वथन • (kváthana) stem, n

1. boiling
2. decocting

References

• “क्वथन” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Kvathana”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 324, column 3.