स्नुषा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্নুষা (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬸᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• স্নুষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰲𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀼𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နုၑာ (Burmese script)
• સ્નુષા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨੁਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑍁𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦸꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂳𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನುಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ស្នុឞា (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນຸຩາ (Lao script)
• സ്നുഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᡠᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘳𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠤᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧔𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐸𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନୁଷା (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢸꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆶𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖲𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නුෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩒𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚰𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நுஷா (Tamil script)
• స్నుషా (Telugu script)
• สฺนุษา (Thai script)
• སྣུ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒳𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨃𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás (“daughter-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Persian سنه (sonoh), سنهار (sonhâr), Latin nurus, Ancient Greek νυός (nuós), Old English snoru.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snu.ʂɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪u.ʂɑː/

Noun

स्नुषा • (snuṣā́) stem, f

1. daughter-in-law
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 8.6.24:

     ये सूर्यात्परिसर्पन्ति स्नुषेव श्वशुरादधि ।

     ye sūryātparisarpanti snuṣeva śvaśurādadhi.

     She slinkers from the Sun, as slinks a daughter-in-law from her father-in-law

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of स्नुषा (snuṣā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नुषा snuṣā́	स्नुषे snuṣé	स्नुषाः snuṣā́ḥ
Vocative	स्नुषे snúṣe	स्नुषे snúṣe	स्नुषाः snúṣāḥ
Accusative	स्नुषाम् snuṣā́m	स्नुषे snuṣé	स्नुषाः snuṣā́ḥ
Instrumental	स्नुषया / स्नुषा¹ snuṣáyā / snuṣā́¹	स्नुषाभ्याम् snuṣā́bhyām	स्नुषाभिः snuṣā́bhiḥ
Dative	स्नुषायै snuṣā́yai	स्नुषाभ्याम् snuṣā́bhyām	स्नुषाभ्यः snuṣā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नुषायाः / स्नुषायै² snuṣā́yāḥ / snuṣā́yai²	स्नुषाभ्याम् snuṣā́bhyām	स्नुषाभ्यः snuṣā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नुषायाः / स्नुषायै² snuṣā́yāḥ / snuṣā́yai²	स्नुषयोः snuṣáyoḥ	स्नुषाणाम् snuṣā́ṇām
Locative	स्नुषायाम् snuṣā́yām	स्नुषयोः snuṣáyoḥ	स्नुषासु snuṣā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: نۄش (nọś)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (suṇhā)
  • Old Marathi: सुन (sun)
    • Marathi: सून (sūn)
  • Konkani: सून (sūn)
• Pali: suṇisā
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਨੂੰਹ (nū̃h)
• → Kannada: ಸೊಸೆ (sose)