शाणें

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *सज्ञान (sajñāna). Cognates include Assamese সিয়ান (xian), Bengali শিয়ানা (śiẏana), Hindi सयान (sayān), Gujarati શાણું (śāṇũ), Kumaoni सयाणो (sayāṇo), Nepali सियाना (siyānā), Odia ସିଆଣ (siāṇa), Punjabi سیْاݨا (siyāṇā), and Sindhi سِياٹو (siāṇo).

Adjective

शाणें • (śāṇẽ) (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. smart, intelligent

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sajāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757