चण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চণ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬡ (Balinese script)
• চণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• စဏ (Burmese script)
• ચણ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಣ (Kannada script)
• ចណ (Khmer script)
• ຈຓ (Lao script)
• ചണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଚଣ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖜 (Siddham script)
• චණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚘 (Takri script)
• சண (Tamil script)
• చణ (Telugu script)
• จณ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.ɳɐ/

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu సెనగలు (senagalu, “chickpea, Cicer arietinum”). In this case, the Sanskrit term is borrowed from Dravidian, rather than the other way around.

Noun

चण • (caṇa) stem, m

1. gram, chickpea

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चण (caṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चणः caṇaḥ	चणौ / चणा¹ caṇau / caṇā¹	चणाः / चणासः¹ caṇāḥ / caṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	चण caṇa	चणौ / चणा¹ caṇau / caṇā¹	चणाः / चणासः¹ caṇāḥ / caṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चणम् caṇam	चणौ / चणा¹ caṇau / caṇā¹	चणान् caṇān
Instrumental	चणेन caṇena	चणाभ्याम् caṇābhyām	चणैः / चणेभिः¹ caṇaiḥ / caṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	चणाय caṇāya	चणाभ्याम् caṇābhyām	चणेभ्यः caṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	चणात् caṇāt	चणाभ्याम् caṇābhyām	चणेभ्यः caṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	चणस्य caṇasya	चणयोः caṇayoḥ	चणानाम् caṇānām
Locative	चणे caṇe	चणयोः caṇayoḥ	चणेषु caṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• चणक (caṇaka)

 

Etymology 2

Related to चुञ्चु (cuñcu​, “renowned for”) and चञ्चु (cañcu, “renowned for”).

Adjective

चण • (caṇa) stem

1. (at end of compounds) renowned or famous for

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चण
Nom. sg.	चणः (caṇaḥ)
Gen. sg.	चणस्य (caṇasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चणः (caṇaḥ)	चणौ (caṇau)	चणाः (caṇāḥ)
Vocative	चण (caṇa)	चणौ (caṇau)	चणाः (caṇāḥ)
Accusative	चणम् (caṇam)	चणौ (caṇau)	चणान् (caṇān)
Instrumental	चणेन (caṇena)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणैः (caṇaiḥ)
Dative	चणाय (caṇāya)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चणात् (caṇāt)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चणस्य (caṇasya)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणानाम् (caṇānām)
Locative	चणे (caṇe)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणेषु (caṇeṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of चण
Nom. sg.	चणा (caṇā)
Gen. sg.	चणायाः (caṇāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चणा (caṇā)	चणे (caṇe)	चणाः (caṇāḥ)
Vocative	चणे (caṇe)	चणे (caṇe)	चणाः (caṇāḥ)
Accusative	चणाम् (caṇām)	चणे (caṇe)	चणाः (caṇāḥ)
Instrumental	चणया (caṇayā)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणाभिः (caṇābhiḥ)
Dative	चणायै (caṇāyai)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणाभ्यः (caṇābhyaḥ)
Ablative	चणायाः (caṇāyāḥ)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणाभ्यः (caṇābhyaḥ)
Genitive	चणायाः (caṇāyāḥ)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणानाम् (caṇānām)
Locative	चणायाम् (caṇāyām)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणासु (caṇāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of चण
Nom. sg.	चणम् (caṇam)
Gen. sg.	चणस्य (caṇasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चणम् (caṇam)	चणे (caṇe)	चणानि (caṇāni)
Vocative	चण (caṇa)	चणे (caṇe)	चणानि (caṇāni)
Accusative	चणम् (caṇam)	चणे (caṇe)	चणानि (caṇāni)
Instrumental	चणेन (caṇena)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणैः (caṇaiḥ)
Dative	चणाय (caṇāya)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चणात् (caṇāt)	चणाभ्याम् (caṇābhyām)	चणेभ्यः (caṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चणस्य (caṇasya)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणानाम् (caṇānām)
Locative	चणे (caṇe)	चणयोः (caṇayoḥ)	चणेषु (caṇeṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 383/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 177
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 369