शान्ति

See also: शान्त

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːn.t̪iː/, [ʃä̃ːn̪.t̪iː]

Noun

शान्ति • (śānti) f (Urdu spelling شانْتی)

1. alternative spelling of शांति (śānti)

Declension

Declension of शान्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शान्ति śānti	शान्तियाँ śāntiyā̃
oblique	शान्ति śānti	शान्तियों śāntiyõ
vocative	शान्ति śānti	शान्तियो śāntiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শান্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• শান্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာန္တိ (Burmese script)
• શાન્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਨ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾನ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝាន្តិ (Khmer script)
• ຨານ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• ശാന്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠨᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶାନ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢥ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශාන‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶாந்தி (Tamil script)
• శాన్తి (Telugu script)
• ศานฺติ (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ནྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शम् (śam) +‎ -ति (-ti), with lengthened grade of the root.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑ́ːn.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːn̪.t̪i/

Noun

शान्ति॑ • (śā́nti) stem, f

1. cessation, abatement, extinction
2. tranquillity, peace, rest, quietness, calmness, absence of passion
3. pause, breach, interruption
4. welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss
5. "eternal rest" end or death

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of शान्ति॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शान्तिः॑ (śā́ntiḥ)	शान्ती॑ (śā́ntī)	शान्त॑यः (śā́ntayaḥ)
accusative	शान्ति॑म् (śā́ntim)	शान्ती॑ (śā́ntī)	शान्तीः॑ (śā́ntīḥ)
instrumental	शान्त्या॑ (śā́ntyā) शान्ती॑¹ (śā́ntī¹)	शान्ति॑भ्याम् (śā́ntibhyām)	शान्ति॑भिः (śā́ntibhiḥ)
dative	शान्त॑ये (śā́ntaye) शान्त्यै॑² (śā́ntyai²) शान्ती॑¹ (śā́ntī¹)	शान्ति॑भ्याम् (śā́ntibhyām)	शान्ति॑भ्यः (śā́ntibhyaḥ)
ablative	शान्तेः॑ (śā́nteḥ) शान्त्याः॑² (śā́ntyāḥ²) शान्त्यै॑³ (śā́ntyai³)	शान्ति॑भ्याम् (śā́ntibhyām)	शान्ति॑भ्यः (śā́ntibhyaḥ)
genitive	शान्तेः॑ (śā́nteḥ) शान्त्याः॑² (śā́ntyāḥ²) शान्त्यै॑³ (śā́ntyai³)	शान्त्योः॑ (śā́ntyoḥ)	शान्ती॑नाम् (śā́ntīnām)
locative	शान्तौ॑ (śā́ntau) शान्त्या॑म्² (śā́ntyām²) शान्ता॑¹ (śā́ntā¹)	शान्त्योः॑ (śā́ntyoḥ)	शान्ति॑षु (śā́ntiṣu)
vocative	शान्ते॑ (śā́nte)	शान्ती॑ (śā́ntī)	शान्त॑यः (śā́ntayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨭𐨎𐨟𐨁 (śaṃti)
• Pali: santi
  • → Khmer: សន្តិ (sɑnteʼ), សាន្តិ (saanteʼ)
  • → Lao: ສັນຕິ (san ti)
  • → Thai: สันติ (sǎn-dtì)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀺 (saṃti)
• Punjabi: ਸਾਂਦ (sānd)
• → Bengali: শান্তি (śanti) (learned)
  • → Rohingya: cánti
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: शांति (śānti)

  Urdu: شانْتی (śāntī)

• → Telugu: శాంతి (śānti)
• → English: shanti

See also

• क्षान्ति (kṣānti)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शान्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1064, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śānti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “शान्तिः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1544
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शान्ति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 311
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śā́nti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 718