शाणा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi शाणा (śāṇā), शहाणा (śahāṇā), शहाणे (śahāṇe, “smart, wise”), from Old Marathi सेहाणा (sehāṇā), सहाणें (sahāṇeṃ), सिहाण (sihāṇa), सीहाण (sīhāṇa), सेहाणा (sehāṇā), स्याहाण (syāhāṇa), from Sanskrit सज्ञान (sajñāna), from स- (sa-) +‎ ज्ञान (jñāna).

Compare Hindi सयाना (sayānā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ɳɑː/, [ʃäː.ɳäː]

Noun

शाणा • (śāṇā) m

1. (Bombay Hindi, slang) smartass, wiseass

Declension

Declension of शाणा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शाणा śāṇā	शाणे śāṇe
oblique	शाणे śāṇe	शाणों śāṇõ
vocative	शाणे śāṇe	शाणो śāṇo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শাণা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
• শাণা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာဏာ (Burmese script)
• શાણા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾಣಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝាណា (Khmer script)
• ຨາຓາ (Lao script)
• ശാണാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶାଣା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශාණා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶாணா (Tamil script)
• శాణా (Telugu script)
• ศาณา (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ཎཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.ɳɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɑː.ɳɑː/

Noun

शाणा • (śāṇā) stem, f (masculine शाण)

1. feminine of शाण (śāṇa)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाणा (śāṇā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शाणा śāṇā	शाणे śāṇe	शाणाः śāṇāḥ
Vocative	शाणे śāṇe	शाणे śāṇe	शाणाः śāṇāḥ
Accusative	शाणाम् śāṇām	शाणे śāṇe	शाणाः śāṇāḥ
Instrumental	शाणया / शाणा¹ śāṇayā / śāṇā¹	शाणाभ्याम् śāṇābhyām	शाणाभिः śāṇābhiḥ
Dative	शाणायै śāṇāyai	शाणाभ्याम् śāṇābhyām	शाणाभ्यः śāṇābhyaḥ
Ablative	शाणायाः / शाणायै² śāṇāyāḥ / śāṇāyai²	शाणाभ्याम् śāṇābhyām	शाणाभ्यः śāṇābhyaḥ
Genitive	शाणायाः / शाणायै² śāṇāyāḥ / śāṇāyai²	शाणयोः śāṇayoḥ	शाणानाम् śāṇānām
Locative	शाणायाम् śāṇāyām	शाणयोः śāṇayoḥ	शाणासु śāṇāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1063.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शाण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शाणा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page शाण