स्तन

See also: सुत्नु and संतान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) 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) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्तन • (stána) stem, m

1. the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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 (stána)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तनः stánaḥ	स्तनौ / स्तना¹ stánau / stánā¹	स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹ stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹
Vocative	स्तन stána	स्तनौ / स्तना¹ stánau / stánā¹	स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹ stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्तनम् stánam	स्तनौ / स्तना¹ stánau / stánā¹	स्तनान् stánān
Instrumental	स्तनेन stánena	स्तनाभ्याम् stánābhyām	स्तनैः / स्तनेभिः¹ stánaiḥ / 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
Notes	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