संतान
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संतान (saṃtāna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
संतान • (santān) f (Urdu spelling سنتان)
Declension edit
Declension of संतान (fem cons-stem)
Noun edit
संतान • (santān) m or f by sense
- a descendant, child
Declension edit
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
Declension of संतान (masc cons-stem)
Declension of संतान (fem cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संतान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From सम् (sam, “together, along with”) + तन् (tan, “to propagate, protract, perform”).
Noun edit
संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m
- continued succession, continuance, continuity
- an uninterrupted series, continuous flow
- ramification
- a sinew or ligature (of an animal)
- coherence, connection, transition (in recitation &c.)
- a continuous train of thought
Noun edit
संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m or n
Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “संतान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435,1142,1152.