savana

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsavana]

Noun

savana f

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

Declension

Declension of savana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	savana	savany
genitive	savany	savan
dative	savaně	savanám
accusative	savanu	savany
vocative	savano	savany
locative	savaně	savanách
instrumental	savanou	savanami

Further reading

• “savanna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “savana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “savana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Taíno [Term?].

Noun

savana f (plural savane)

1. savanna

Anagrams

• ansava, sanava

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सवन (Devanagari script)
• সৰন (Bengali script)
• සවන (Sinhalese script)
• သဝန or သဝၼ (Burmese script)
• สวน or สะวะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩅᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສວນ or ສະວະນະ (Lao script)
• សវន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑅇𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Derived from Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa, “hearing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

Noun

savana n

1. hearing, listening
   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.

2. ear

Declension

Declension table of "savana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	savanaṃ	savanāni
Accusative (second)	savanaṃ	savanāni
Instrumental (third)	savanena	savanehi or savanebhi
Dative (fourth)	savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃ	savanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	savanasmā or savanamhā or savanā	savanehi or savanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	savanassa	savanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savane	savanesu
Vocative (calling)	savana	savanāni

Descendants

→ Thai: สวน (sà-wá-ná-), “listening”)

Etymology 2

Derived from Sanskrit स्रवण (sravaṇa, “flowing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

Noun

savana n

1. flowing

Declension

Declension table of "savana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	savanaṃ	savanāni
Accusative (second)	savanaṃ	savanāni
Instrumental (third)	savanena	savanehi or savanebhi
Dative (fourth)	savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃ	savanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	savanasmā or savanamhā or savanā	savanehi or savanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	savanassa	savanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savane	savanesu
Vocative (calling)	savana	savanāni

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sabana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈvɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈvɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈvɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈba.nɐ/ [sɐˈβa.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

Noun

savana f (plural savanas)

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

Further reading

• “savana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʋǎna/
• Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

Noun

savàna f (Cyrillic spelling сава̀на)

1. savanna

Declension

Declension of savana

	singular	plural
nominative	savàna	savane
genitive	savane	savánā
dative	savani	savanama
accusative	savanu	savane
vocative	savano	savane
locative	savani	savanama
instrumental	savanom	savanama

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English savanna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

savana class IX (plural savana class X)

1. savanna