स्नात

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नात (snāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /snɑːt̪/, [snäːt̪]

Adjective

स्नात • (snāt) (indeclinable) (formal)

1. bathed
2. versed in

Noun

स्नात • (snāt) m

1. (rare) one whose religious study has finished

Declension

Declension of स्नात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्नात snāt	स्नात snāt
oblique	स्नात snāt	स्नातों snātõ
vocative	स्नात snāt	स्नातो snāto

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “स्नात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “स्नात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্নাত (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• স্নাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နာတ (Burmese script)
• સ્નાત (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನಾತ (Kannada script)
• ស្នាត (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນາຕ (Lao script)
• സ്നാത (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନାତ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நாத (Tamil script)
• స్నాత (Telugu script)
• สฺนาต (Thai script)
• སྣཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *snaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, bathe”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬙𐬀 (snāta). By surface analysis, स्ना (snā, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪ɑː.t̪ɐ/

Participle

स्नात • (snātá)

1. past participle of स्नाति (snāti)

Adjective

स्नात • (snātá) stem

1. bathed, washed, cleansed
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 20.20:

     द्रुपदादिव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नातो मलादिव ।
     पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यमापः शुन्धन्तु मैनसः ॥

     drupadādiva mumucānaḥ svinnaḥ snāto malādiva .
     pūtaṃ pavitreṇevājyamāpaḥ śundhantu mainasaḥ .

     As one unfastened from a stake, or cleansed by bathing after having sweated,
     As butter which the sieve hath purged, let water clean me from my sin.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.5.26:

     स स्नातो बभ्रुः पिङ्गलः पृथिव्यां बहु रोचते ॥

     sa snāto babhruḥ piṅgalaḥ pṛthivyāṃ bahu rocate .

     When he hath bathed, brown, yellow-hued, he shines exceedingly on earth.

2. (with ablative or in compounds) purified from
3. (with locative or in compounds) versed in

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्नात (snātá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नातः snātáḥ	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snātaú / snātā́¹	स्नाताः / स्नातासः¹ snātā́ḥ / snātā́saḥ¹
Vocative	स्नात snā́ta	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snā́tau / snā́tā¹	स्नाताः / स्नातासः¹ snā́tāḥ / snā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्नातम् snātám	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snātaú / snātā́¹	स्नातान् snātā́n
Instrumental	स्नातेन snāténa	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातैः / स्नातेभिः¹ snātaíḥ / snātébhiḥ¹
Dative	स्नाताय snātā́ya	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नातात् snātā́t	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नातस्य snātásya	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातानाम् snātā́nām
Locative	स्नाते snāté	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातेषु snātéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of स्नाता (snātā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नाता snātā́	स्नाते snāté	स्नाताः snātā́ḥ
Vocative	स्नाते snā́te	स्नाते snā́te	स्नाताः snā́tāḥ
Accusative	स्नाताम् snātā́m	स्नाते snāté	स्नाताः snātā́ḥ
Instrumental	स्नातया / स्नाता¹ snātáyā / snātā́¹	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नाताभिः snātā́bhiḥ
Dative	स्नातायै snātā́yai	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नाताभ्यः snātā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नातायाः / स्नातायै² snātā́yāḥ / snātā́yai²	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नाताभ्यः snātā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नातायाः / स्नातायै² snātā́yāḥ / snātā́yai²	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातानाम् snātā́nām
Locative	स्नातायाम् snātā́yām	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातासु snātā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of स्नात (snātá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नातम् snātám	स्नाते snāté	स्नातानि / स्नाता¹ snātā́ni / snātā́¹
Vocative	स्नात snā́ta	स्नाते snā́te	स्नातानि / स्नाता¹ snā́tāni / snā́tā¹
Accusative	स्नातम् snātám	स्नाते snāté	स्नातानि / स्नाता¹ snātā́ni / snātā́¹
Instrumental	स्नातेन snāténa	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातैः / स्नातेभिः¹ snātaíḥ / snātébhiḥ¹
Dative	स्नाताय snātā́ya	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नातात् snātā́t	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नातस्य snātásya	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातानाम् snātā́nām
Locative	स्नाते snāté	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातेषु snātéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: nahāta, sināta
• Prakrit:

  Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀅 (ṇhāa)

  Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀤 (ṇhāda)

Noun

स्नात • (snātá) stem, m

1. one whose religious study has finished
2. an initiated householder

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्नात (snātá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्नातः snātáḥ	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snātaú / snātā́¹	स्नाताः / स्नातासः¹ snātā́ḥ / snātā́saḥ¹
Vocative	स्नात snā́ta	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snā́tau / snā́tā¹	स्नाताः / स्नातासः¹ snā́tāḥ / snā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्नातम् snātám	स्नातौ / स्नाता¹ snātaú / snātā́¹	स्नातान् snātā́n
Instrumental	स्नातेन snāténa	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातैः / स्नातेभिः¹ snātaíḥ / snātébhiḥ¹
Dative	स्नाताय snātā́ya	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Ablative	स्नातात् snātā́t	स्नाताभ्याम् snātā́bhyām	स्नातेभ्यः snātébhyaḥ
Genitive	स्नातस्य snātásya	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातानाम् snātā́nām
Locative	स्नाते snāté	स्नातयोः snātáyoḥ	स्नातेषु snātéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्नात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “स्नात”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “snāta”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snātá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press