स्ना

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্না (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• স্না (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နာ (Burmese script)
• સ્ના (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
• ស្នា (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
• സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
• స్నా (Telugu script)
• สฺนา (Thai script)
• སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪n̪ɑː/

Root

स्ना • (snā)

1. to bathe, wash

Derived terms

• अस्नायि (asnāyi)
• अस्नासीत् (asnāsīt)
• सस्नुः (sasnuḥ)
• सस्नौ (sasnau)
• सास्नाति (sāsnāti)
• सास्नायते (sāsnāyate)
• सास्नेति (sāsneti)
• सिस्नासति (sisnāsati)
• स्नपयति (snapayati)
• स्नात (snāta)
• स्नाता (snātā)
• स्नाति (snāti)
• स्नातुम् (snātum)
• स्नात्वा (snātvā)
• स्नात्वी (snātvī)
• स्नान (snāna)
• स्नापयति (snāpayati)
• स्नायति (snāyati)
• स्नायते (snāyate)
• स्नायते (snāyate)
• स्नायात् (snāyāt)
• स्नायात् (snāyāt)
• स्नायीत (snāyīta)
• स्नास्यति (snāsyati)
• स्नास्यते (snāsyate)
• स्नेयात् (sneyāt)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्ना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 769-70

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 572
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0971, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0971