स्वन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্বন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သွန် (Burmese script)
• સ્વન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವೝ (Kannada script)
• ស្វន៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວນ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്വന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢦᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வந் (Tamil script)
• స్వౝ (Telugu script)
• สฺวนฺ (Thai script)
• སྭ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”). Cognate with Latin sonō the source of English sound, sonic etc.; Old English swinn (“melody”), English swan.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐn̪/

Root

स्वन् • (svan)

1. to sound
2. to make any noise, roar, yell
3. to hum, sing

Derived terms

• स्वनति (svánati)
• स्वन (svaná)
• स्वनित (svanitá)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 201
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वन्”, 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) “स्वन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• 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 360
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 611
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1046, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1046