शनैस्

See also: शनि, शान, and श्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শনৈস্ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬦᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
শনৈস্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰡𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀦𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ၐနဲသ် (Burmese script)
શનૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਨੈਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦤꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂢𑂶𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಶನೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
ឝនៃស៑ (Khmer script)
ຨໄນສ຺ (Lao script)
ശനൈസ് (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᠨᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘡𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᠨᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧁𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐣𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶନୈସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯꢥꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆤𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖡𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශනෛස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩯𑩗𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚝𑚳𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
ஶநைஸ் (Tamil script)
శనైస్ (Telugu script)
ศไนสฺ (Thai script)
ཤ་ནཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒢𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨝𑨇𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally the instrumental plural of an unattested *शन (śana, “quiet, calm, soft”), suggested to be either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱEn- or from the same root as Proto-Iranian *san- (“to mount, ascend”). In the latter case, the Iranian verb is of uncertain origin, and may be borrowed from the BMAC substrate.

Adverb

शनैस् • (śanais)

quietly, softly, gently, gradually, alternately, slowly
हस्ती शनैः शनैः चलति।
hastī śanaiḥ śanaiḥ calati.
The elephant walks slowly.

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शनैस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051/3.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शनैस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 607-608
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-332