शनि

See also: शनैः, शान, and श्न

Hindi

शनि ग्रह

शनि देव

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शनि (śani, “Saturn”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.niː/, [ʃɐ.niː]

Proper noun

शनि • (śani) m

1. (Hinduism) Shani, a deity in Hinduism, the personification of the planet Saturn, associated with justice, karma, and discipline.
2. (astronomy) Saturn
3. short for शनिवार (śanivār)

Declension

Declension of शनि (sg-only masc i-stem)

	singular
direct	शनि śani
oblique	शनि śani
vocative	शनि śani

See also

Solar System in Hindi · सौरमण्डल (saurmaṇḍal) (layout · text)
Star	सूर्य (sūrya)
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	बुध (budh)	शुक्र (śukra)	पृथ्वी (pŕthvī)	मंगल (maṅgal)	सीरीस (sīrīs)	बृहस्पति (bŕhaspati)	शनि (śani)	अरुण (aruṇ)	वरुण (varuṇ)	यम (yam)	ऍरिस (ĕris)
Notable moons	—	—	चन्द्रमा (candramā)	फ़ोबस (fobas) डेमोस (ḍemos)	—	आयो (āyo) यूरोपा (yūropā) गैनिमीड (gainimīḍ) कलिस्टो (kalisṭo)	माइमस (māimas) ऍनसॅलअडस (ĕnsĕlaaḍas) टॅथिस (ṭĕthis) डायोनी (ḍāyonī) रिया (riyā) टाइटन (ṭāiṭan) आऐपिटस (āaipiṭas)	मिरैन्डा (mirainḍā) ऍरिअल (ĕrial) अम्ब्रिअल (ambrial) टाइटेनिआ (ṭāiṭeniā) ओबेरॉन (oberŏn)	ट्राइटन (ṭrāiṭan)	शैरन (śairan)	डिस्नोमिया (ḍisnomiyā)

Maithili

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शनि (śani, “Saturn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕənɪ̆], [səɪn]
• Alternative forms: सइन

Proper noun

शनि • (śanɨ)

1. Saturn

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• (in compounds) शनैश् (śanaiś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শনি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
• শনি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐနိ (Burmese script)
• શનિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶನಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝនិ (Khmer script)
• ຨນິ (Lao script)
• ശനി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶନି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශනි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶநி (Tamil script)
• శని (Telugu script)
• ศนิ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ནི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शनैस् (śánais, “slow moving”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ni/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.n̪i/

Proper noun

शनि • (śani) stem, m

1. Saturn

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of शनि

	singular
nominative	शनिः (śaniḥ)
accusative	शनिम् (śanim)
instrumental	शनिना (śaninā) शन्या¹ (śanyā¹)
dative	शनये (śanaye)
ablative	शनेः (śaneḥ) शन्यः¹ (śanyaḥ¹)
genitive	शनेः (śaneḥ) शन्यः¹ (śanyaḥ¹)
locative	शनौ (śanau) शना¹ (śanā¹)
vocative	शने (śane)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Burmese: စနေ (ca.ne)
• → Hindi: शनि (śani)
• → Tulu: ಶನಿ (śani)
• → Malayalam: ശനി (śani)
• → Tamil: சனி (caṉi)
• → Telugu: శని (śani)
• → Thai: ศนิ
• ⇒ Sanskrit: शनैश्चर (śanaiścara)
  • →⇒ Old Uyghur: 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (sʾnycʾr ywltwz /⁠Sanéčar yultuz⁠/)

See also

Solar System in Sanskrit · सूर्य-मण्डल (sūrya-maṇḍala) (layout · text)
Star	सूर्य (sūrya), रवि (ravi), आदित्य (āditya), Thesaurus:सूर्य
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	बुध (budha)	शुक्र (śukra), भार्गव (bhārgava), भृगु (bhṛgu)	भूमि (bhūmi), पृथ्वी (pṛthvī), Thesaurus:भू	मङ्गल (maṅgala), अङ्गार (aṅgāra), Thesaurus:मङ्गल		बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati), गौर (gaura)	शनि (śani)	अरुण (aruṇa)	वरुण (varuṇa)	यम (yama)
Notable moons	—	—	चन्द्र (candra), इन्दु (indu), Thesaurus:चन्द्र	प्रथम मङ्गलस्य द्वितीय मङ्गलस्य	—

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051, column 3.