𑀲𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शण (śaṇa).

Noun

𑀲𑀡 (saṇa) m (Devanagari सण)

1. hemp

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: san, sanī
    • Hindi: सन, सनी
    • Urdu: سَن, سَنِی
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: শণ (xon)
  • Bengali: শণ (śon)
  • Bihari: सन (san)
    • Maithili: सन (san)
  • Odia: ସଣ (saṇa), ଛଣ (chaṇa)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: सण् (saṇ)
  • Nepali: सन् (san)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: saṇ

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਣ

    Shahmukhi script: سن

  • Sindhi: siṇī

    Arabic script: سِڻِي

    Devanagari script: सिणी

• Southern:
  • Marathi: सण (saṇ)
  • Sinhalese: සන (sana), හණ (haṇa)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: સણ (saṇ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press