शंस्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- শংস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শংস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐံသ် (Burmese script)
- શંસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝំស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨໍສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശംസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶଂସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශංස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶஂஸ் (Tamil script)
- శంస్ (Telugu script)
- ศํสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, declare solemnly”). Cognate with Persian سخن (soxan, “speech”), Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, honor; mankind; world”), Latin cēnseō (“recommend, decree; reckon”) (whence cēnsus), as well as possibly Latin carmen (“composition, tune”) and English herry (“praise, honor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
शंस् • (śaṃs)
- to praise, commend, approve
- to recite, repeat (texts, invocations)
- to vow
- to wish
- to foretell, predict, prognosticate
- to calumniate, revile
- to hurt, injure
- to be unhappy
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “शंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044/3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-600
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 326
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0566, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0566