संतान

See also: सुत्नु and स्तन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संतान (saṃtāna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.t̪ɑːn/, [sɐ̃n̪.t̪ä̃ːn]

Noun

संतान • (santān) f pl

1. offspring, progeny

Noun

संतान • (santān) m or f

1. a descendant, child

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संतान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From सम् (sam, “together, along with”) + तन् (tan, “to propagate, protract, perform”)

Noun

संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m

1. continued succession, continuance, continuity.
2. an uninterrupted series, continuous flow.
3. ramification.
4. a sinew or ligature (of an animal).
5. coherence, connection, transition (in recitation &c.).
6. a continuous train of thought.

Noun

संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m or n

1. continuous succession, lineage, race, family, offspring, son or daughter.

Descendants

• Telugu: సంతానము (santānamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संतान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435,1142,1152.