शयन
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शयन (śáyana).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शयन • (śayan) m
Declension[edit]
Declension of शयन (masc cons-stem)
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- শয়ন (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
- শয়ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐယန (Burmese script)
- શયન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಯನ (Kannada script)
- ឝយន (Khmer script)
- ຨຍນ (Lao script)
- ശയന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶଯନ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශයන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶயந (Tamil script)
- శయన (Telugu script)
- ศยน (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From the root शी (śī, “to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse”) + -अन (-ana). The first element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शयन • (śáyana) stem, n
- the act of lying down or sleeping, rest, repose, sleep
- a bed, couch, sleeping-place
- copulation, sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रति
- name of a Sāman
Declension[edit]
Neuter a-stem declension of शयन (śáyana) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शयनम् śáyanam |
शयने śáyane |
शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹ |
Vocative | शयन śáyana |
शयने śáyane |
शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹ |
Accusative | शयनम् śáyanam |
शयने śáyane |
शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹ |
Instrumental | शयनेन śáyanena |
शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām |
शयनैः / शयनेभिः¹ śáyanaiḥ / śáyanebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शयनाय śáyanāya |
शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām |
शयनेभ्यः śáyanebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शयनात् śáyanāt |
शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām |
शयनेभ्यः śáyanebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शयनस्य śáyanasya |
शयनयोः śáyanayoḥ |
शयनानाम् śáyanānām |
Locative | शयने śáyane |
शयनयोः śáyanayoḥ |
शयनेषु śáyaneṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants[edit]
- Dardic:
- Pali: sayana
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
- → Hindi: शयन (śayan) (learned)
- → Thai: ศยนะ (“mattress, bedroom”)
Further reading[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “शयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1055, column 3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Categories:
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from the Sanskrit root शी
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱey-
- Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Hindi learned borrowings from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
- Hindi masculine consonant-stem nouns
- Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अन
- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शी
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- Sanskrit a-stem nouns