स्तन

See also: सुत्नु and संतान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /st̪ən/, [st̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

स्तन • (stan) m (Urdu spelling ستن)

1. breast, teat

Declension

Declension of स्तन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्तन stan	स्तन stan
oblique	स्तन stan	स्तनों stanõ
vocative	स्तन stan	स्तनो stano

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st̪ən/

Noun

स्तन • (stana) m

1. breast, tit

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তন (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
• স্তন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တန (Burmese script)
• સ્તન (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತನ (Kannada script)
• ស្តន (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕນ (Lao script)
• സ്തന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତନ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தந (Tamil script)
• స్తన (Telugu script)
• สฺตน (Thai script)
• སྟ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐ́.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्तन • (stána) stem, m

1. the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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.

2. the nipple (of the female or the male breast)
3. a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्तनः (stánaḥ)	स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹)	स्तनाः (stánāḥ) स्तनासः¹ (stánāsaḥ¹)
accusative	स्तनम् (stánam)	स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹)	स्तनान् (stánān)
instrumental	स्तनेन (stánena)	स्तनाभ्याम् (stánābhyām)	स्तनैः (stánaiḥ) स्तनेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	स्तन (stána)	स्तनौ (stánau) स्तना¹ (stánā¹)	स्तनाः (stánāḥ) स्तनासः¹ (stánāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: تھَن (than)
• Pali: thana, thanaka
• Prakrit: 𑀣𑀡 (thaṇa)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀣𑀡 (thaṇa)
      • Awadhi: थन (than)
      • Hindustani: than
        • Hindi: थन
        • Urdu: تھَن (than)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Middle Bengali: থন (thon)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: थन (than)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: थण (thaṇ)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: थन (than)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: thaṇ, than

          Gurmukhi script: ਥਣ, ਥਨ

          Shahmukhi script: تھَݨ, تھَن

          • Lahnda: تھن (thaṇ)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: thaṇu

          Arabic script: ٿَڻُ

          Devanagari script: थणु

          • Kachchi: થણ (thaṇ)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ތިނަ (tina)
      • Sinhalese: තනය (tanaya)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindustani: stan
  • Hindi: स्तन
  • Urdu: ستَن
• → Kannada: ಸ್ತನ (stana)
• → Marathi: स्तन (stan) (learned)
• → Telugu: స్తనము (stanamu)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788