-पन

See also: पेन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi -पण (-paṇa), -पन (-pana), from Apabhramsa -प्पण (-ppaṇa), from Vedic Sanskrit -त्वन (-tvana). This suffix is not encountered in Classical Sanskrit, which uses the suffix -त्व (-tva) for this purpose. Ultimately related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *-twam, from Proto-Indo-European *-twom, thematicized from *-tu. Compare -पा (-pā), from -त्व (-tva). Cognate with Marathi -पणा (-paṇā), -पण (-paṇ), Pali -ttana, Punjabi -ਪੁਣਾ (-puṇā), -ਪੁਣ (-puṇ), -ਪਣ (-paṇ)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pən/, [pɐ̃n]

Suffix

-पन • (-pan) m (Urdu spelling پن)

1. Forms masculine abstract nouns from adjectives and other nouns: -ity, -ness, -hood, -ship, etc.

   Synonym: -ता (-tā)

Usage notes

Nouns derived using this suffix generally denote such things as state, quality, condition or occupation.

‎नंगा (naṅgā, “naked”) + ‎-पन (-pan) → ‎नंगापन (naṅgāpan, “nakedness”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -पन

अंधापन

अकेलापन

अच्छापन

अज्ञानपन

उतावलापन

कड़वापन

कमीनापन

कालापन

खुलापन

गीलापन

घिनौनापन

छुटपन

टिकाऊपन

टेढ़ापन

डरपोकपन

तीखापन

दब्बूपन

नंगापन

नकसुरापन

नयापन

नाटापन

निकम्मापन

पागलपन

पीलापन

बचपन

बड़प्पन

बहरापन

बालपन

भोलेपन

मोटापन

मौसमीपन

लड़कपन

लुचपन

सनकीपन

सस्तापन

Related terms

• -पा (-pā)
• -त्व (-tva)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “-पन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “پن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 269
• Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 234