अदन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অদন (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬤᬦ (Balinese script)
• অদন (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰟𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အဒန (Burmese script)
• અદન (Gujarati script)
• ਅਦਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌦𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦢꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂠𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಅದನ (Kannada script)
• អទន (Khmer script)
• ອທນ (Lao script)
• അദന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡩᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘟𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦿𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐡𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଅଦନ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢣꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆢𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖟𑖡 (Siddham script)
• අදන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩭𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚛𑚝 (Takri script)
• அத³ந (Tamil script)
• అదన (Telugu script)
• อทน (Thai script)
• ཨ་ད་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒠𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨛𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root अद् (ad, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐ́.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अदन • (ádana) stem, n

1. food
2. act of eating

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अदन (ádana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अदनम् ádanam	अदने ádane	अदनानि / अदना¹ ádanāni / ádanā¹
Vocative	अदन ádana	अदने ádane	अदनानि / अदना¹ ádanāni / ádanā¹
Accusative	अदनम् ádanam	अदने ádane	अदनानि / अदना¹ ádanāni / ádanā¹
Instrumental	अदनेन ádanena	अदनाभ्याम् ádanābhyām	अदनैः / अदनेभिः¹ ádanaiḥ / ádanebhiḥ¹
Dative	अदनाय ádanāya	अदनाभ्याम् ádanābhyām	अदनेभ्यः ádanebhyaḥ
Ablative	अदनात् ádanāt	अदनाभ्याम् ádanābhyām	अदनेभ्यः ádanebhyaḥ
Genitive	अदनस्य ádanasya	अदनयोः ádanayoḥ	अदनानाम् ádanānām
Locative	अदने ádane	अदनयोः ádanayoḥ	अदनेषु ádaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अदन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0017.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अदन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “adana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.