स्नेह
See also: स्निह्
Hindi
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editस्नेह • (sneh) m
Declension
editPali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Alternative scripts
Noun
editस्नेह m
- Devanagari script form of sneha (“affection; oil”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "स्नेह" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | स्नेहो (sneho) | स्नेहा (snehā) |
Accusative (second) | स्नेहं (snehaṃ) | स्नेहे (snehe) |
Instrumental (third) | स्नेहेन (snehena) | स्नेहेहि (snehehi) or स्नेहेभि (snehebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | स्नेहस्स (snehassa) or स्नेहाय (snehāya) or स्नेहत्थं (snehatthaṃ) | स्नेहानं (snehānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | स्नेहस्मा (snehasmā) or स्नेहम्हा (snehamhā) or स्नेहा (snehā) | स्नेहेहि (snehehi) or स्नेहेभि (snehebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | स्नेहस्स (snehassa) | स्नेहानं (snehānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | स्नेहस्मिं (snehasmiṃ) or स्नेहम्हि (snehamhi) or स्नेहे (snehe) | स्नेहेसु (snehesu) |
Vocative (calling) | स्नेह (sneha) | स्नेहा (snehā) |
Sanskrit
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
- স্নেহ (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
- স্নেহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- သ္နေဟ (Burmese script)
- સ્નેહ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਨੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ನೇಹ (Kannada script)
- ស្នេហ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ເນຫ (Lao script)
- സ്നേഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠨᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନେହ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ස්නෙහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
- ஸ்நேஹ (Tamil script)
- స్నేహ (Telugu script)
- สฺเนห (Thai script)
- སྣེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *snáyźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáyǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Cognate with English snow.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editस्नेह • (snéha) stem, m or n (root स्निह्)
- oiliness, unctuousness, fattiness, greasiness, lubricity, viscidity (also as one of the 24 gunas of the vaisheshika branch of the Nyaya philosophy)
- oil, grease, fat, any oleaginous substance, an unguent
- smoothness, glossiness
- blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (locative, genitive, or compound), friendship with (saha)
- moisture
- a fluid of the body
- (in the plural) name of the Vaishyas in Kushadvipa
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | स्नेहः (snéhaḥ) | स्नेहौ (snéhau) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
स्नेहाः (snéhāḥ) स्नेहासः¹ (snéhāsaḥ¹) |
accusative | स्नेहम् (snéham) | स्नेहौ (snéhau) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
स्नेहान् (snéhān) |
instrumental | स्नेहेन (snéhena) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहैः (snéhaiḥ) स्नेहेभिः¹ (snéhebhiḥ¹) |
dative | स्नेहाय (snéhāya) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहेभ्यः (snéhebhyaḥ) |
ablative | स्नेहात् (snéhāt) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहेभ्यः (snéhebhyaḥ) |
genitive | स्नेहस्य (snéhasya) | स्नेहयोः (snéhayoḥ) | स्नेहानाम् (snéhānām) |
locative | स्नेहे (snéhe) | स्नेहयोः (snéhayoḥ) | स्नेहेषु (snéheṣu) |
vocative | स्नेह (snéha) | स्नेहौ (snéhau) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
स्नेहाः (snéhāḥ) स्नेहासः¹ (snéhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | स्नेहम् (snéham) | स्नेहे (snéhe) | स्नेहानि (snéhāni) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
accusative | स्नेहम् (snéham) | स्नेहे (snéhe) | स्नेहानि (snéhāni) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
instrumental | स्नेहेन (snéhena) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहैः (snéhaiḥ) स्नेहेभिः¹ (snéhebhiḥ¹) |
dative | स्नेहाय (snéhāya) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहेभ्यः (snéhebhyaḥ) |
ablative | स्नेहात् (snéhāt) | स्नेहाभ्याम् (snéhābhyām) | स्नेहेभ्यः (snéhebhyaḥ) |
genitive | स्नेहस्य (snéhasya) | स्नेहयोः (snéhayoḥ) | स्नेहानाम् (snéhānām) |
locative | स्नेहे (snéhe) | स्नेहयोः (snéhayoḥ) | स्नेहेषु (snéheṣu) |
vocative | स्नेह (snéha) | स्नेहे (snéhe) | स्नेहानि (snéhāni) स्नेहा¹ (snéhā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
edit- Pali: sinēha
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀦𑁂𑀳 (sineha), 𑀲𑀦𑁂𑀳 (saneha), 𑀦𑁂𑀳 (neha)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: नेह (neh)
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Borrowed terms
- → Kannada: ಸ್ನೇಹ (snēha)
- → Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (snēhaṁ)
- → Tamil: சினேகம் (ciṉēkam)
- → Telugu: స్నేహము (snēhamu)
- → Thai: เสน่ห์ (sà-nèe)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “स्नेह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1267.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sneha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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