श्वन्

See also: श्वान, श्वानो, and श्वानों

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”), Latin canis (“dog”), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥 (span, “dog”), Lithuanian šuo, Old Armenian շուն (šun), Old English hund (whence English hound).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɐn̪/

Noun

श्वन् • (śván) stem, m

1. a dog, hound, cur

Declension

Masculine n-stem declension of श्वन्
Nom. sg.	श्वा (śvā)
Gen. sg.	शुनः (śunaḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्वा (śvā)	श्वानौ (śvānau)	श्वानः (śvānaḥ)
Vocative	श्वन् (śvan)	श्वानौ (śvānau)	श्वानः (śvānaḥ)
Accusative	श्वानम् (śvānam)	श्वानौ (śvānau)	शुनः (śunaḥ)
Instrumental	शुना (śunā)	श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām)	श्वभिः (śvabhiḥ)
Dative	शुने (śune)	श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām)	श्वभ्यः (śvabhyaḥ)
Ablative	शुनः (śunaḥ)	श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām)	श्वभ्यः (śvabhyaḥ)
Genitive	शुनः (śunaḥ)	शुनोः (śunoḥ)	शुनाम् (śunām)
Locative	शुनि (śuni)	शुनोः (śunoḥ)	श्वसु (śvasu)

Descendants

• • Kalasha: šọ̃́a
  • Kashmiri: ہوٗن (hūn)
• Pali: sā, soṇa
  • → Thai: โสณ (sǒo-ná-)
• → Hindi: श्वान (śvān)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1105/1.