शयन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शयन (śáyana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.jən/, [ʃɐ.jɐ̃n]

Noun

शयन • (śayan) m

1. sleep, sleeping
2. bed

   Synonyms: पर्यंक (paryaṅk), पलंग (palaṅg), बिस्तर (bistar), शय्या (śayyā)

Declension

Declension of शयन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शयन śayan	शयन śayan
oblique	शयन śayan	शयनों śayanõ
vocative	शयन śayan	शयनो śayano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শয়ন (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
• শয়ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ၐယန (Burmese script)
• શયન (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಯನ (Kannada script)
• ឝយន (Khmer script)
• ຨຍນ (Lao script)
• ശയന (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଶଯନ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ශයන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஶயந (Tamil script)
• శయన (Telugu script)
• ศยน (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शी (śī, “to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse”) +‎ -अन (-ana). The first element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.jɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

शयन • (śáyana) stem, n

1. the act of lying down or sleeping, rest, repose, sleep
2. a bed, couch, sleeping-place
3. copulation, sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रति

4. name of a Sāman

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शयन (śáyana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शयनम् śáyanam	शयने śáyane	शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Vocative	शयन śáyana	शयने śáyane	शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Accusative	शयनम् śáyanam	शयने śáyane	शयनानि / शयना¹ śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Instrumental	शयनेन śáyanena	शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām	शयनैः / शयनेभिः¹ śáyanaiḥ / śáyanebhiḥ¹
Dative	शयनाय śáyanāya	शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām	शयनेभ्यः śáyanebhyaḥ
Ablative	शयनात् śáyanāt	शयनाभ्याम् śáyanābhyām	शयनेभ्यः śáyanebhyaḥ
Genitive	शयनस्य śáyanasya	शयनयोः śáyanayoḥ	शयनानाम् śáyanānām
Locative	शयने śáyane	शयनयोः śáyanayoḥ	शयनेषु śáyaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalami: šä'n, ša'n
  • Khotanese: شین (šen)
  • Phalura: شین (šīn), [script needed] (šēn)
  • Shina: شین (šēn)
  • Torwali: شین (šen)
  • Kashmiri: شۄنٛگُن (śọngun)
• Pali: sayana
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ދާން (dān̊)
      • Sinhalese: යහන (yahana)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
• → Hindi: शयन (śayan) (learned)
• → Thai: ศยนะ (“mattress, bedroom”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “शयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1055, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press