स्नान

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्नान (snāna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /snɑːn/, [snä̃ːn]

Noun

स्नान • (snān) m (Urdu spelling اسنان)

1. the act of bathing, ablution
2. a place for bathing

Declension

Declension of स्नान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्नान snān	स्नान snān
oblique	स्नान snān	स्नानों snānõ
vocative	स्नान snān	स्नानो snāno

Related terms

• स्नानघर (snānghar)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to bathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्नान • (snāna) stem, n

1. bath, bathing
2. bathroom
3. ablution
4. cleansing, washing off
5. religious or ceremonial ablution
6. bathing in sacred waters
7. anything used in ablution

Descendants

• Pali: sināna, nahāna
• → Hindi: स्नान (snān)
• → Malayalam: സ്നാനം (snānaṁ)
• → Telugu: స్నానము (snānamu)
• → Urdu: سنان (snān), اسنان (isnān)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्नान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 768.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 796