स्तन
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Hindi[edit]
Noun[edit]
स्तन • (stan) m
Declension[edit]
Declension of स्तन (masc cons-stem)
Marathi[edit]
Noun[edit]
स्तन • (stana) ?
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
- স্তন (Assamese script)
- স্তন (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
- સ્તન (Gujarati script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
- ស្តន (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ತನ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຕນ (Lao script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
- သ္တန (Burmese script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ତନ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
- స్తన (Telugu script)
- สฺตน (Thai script)
- སྟན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(p)stánas, from Proto-Indo-European *pstón-o-s (“breast”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (fštāna, “breast of a woman”) and Persian پستان (pestân, “breast”), Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, “breast, chest”), Irish sine (“nipple”), Lithuanian spenys (“(animal) teats”) and Tocharian B päścane (“pair of breasts”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
स्तन • (stána) m
- the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.49:
- यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि ।
यो रत्नधा वसुविद्यः सुदत्रः सरस्वति तमिह धातवे कः ॥- yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi .
yo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ sarasvati tamiha dhātave kaḥ . - That breast of thine exhaustless, spring of pleasure, wherewith thou feedest all things that are choicest,
Wealth-giver, treasure finder, free bestower,—bring that, Sarasvatī, that we may drain it.
- yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi .
- यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि ।
- the nipple (of the female or the male breast)
- a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of स्तन (stána) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | स्तनः stánaḥ |
स्तनौ stánau |
स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹ stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | स्तन stána |
स्तनौ stánau |
स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹ stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | स्तनम् stánam |
स्तनौ stánau |
स्तनान् stánān |
Instrumental | स्तनेन stánena |
स्तनाभ्याम् stánābhyām |
स्तनैः / स्तनेभिः¹ stánaiḥ / stánebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | स्तनाय stánāya |
स्तनाभ्याम् stánābhyām |
स्तनेभ्यः stánebhyaḥ |
Ablative | स्तनात् stánāt |
स्तनाभ्याम् stánābhyām |
स्तनेभ्यः stánebhyaḥ |
Genitive | स्तनस्य stánasya |
स्तनयोः stánayoḥ |
स्तनानाम् stánānām |
Locative | स्तने stáne |
स्तनयोः stánayoḥ |
स्तनेषु stáneṣu |
Notes |
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