ਸਥਾਨ

See also: ਅਸਥਾਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna), with a religiously elevated sense. Compare derived Punjabi doublets ਥਾਣ (thāṇa, “place”) and ਥਾਣਾ (thāṇā) or ਠਾਣਾ (ṭhāṇā, “place, police station”).

Noun

ਸਥਾਨ • (s(a)thāna) m (Shahmukhi spelling ستھان)

1. place, position, spot
2. space, room

Declension

Declension of ਸਥਾਨ
dir. sg.	ਸਥਾਨ (sathān)
dir. pl.	ਸਥਾਨ (sathān)
	singular	plural
direct	ਸਥਾਨ (sathān)	ਸਥਾਨ (sathān)
oblique	ਸਥਾਨ (sathān)	ਸਥਾਨਾਂ (sathānā̃)
vocative	ਸਥਾਨਾ (sathānā)	ਸਥਾਨੋ (sathāno)
ablative	ਸਥਾਨੋਂ (sathānõ)	—
locative	ਸਥਾਨੇ (sathāne)	ਸਥਾਨੀਂ (sathānī̃)
instrumental	ਸਥਾਨੇ (sathāne)	ਸਥਾਨੀਂ (sathānī̃)

Related terms

• ਅਸਥਾਨ m (asathān)
• ਸਥਾਨੀਕਰਨ m (sathānīkran, “localisation”)
• ਸਥਾਨਿਕ (sathānik, “local”, adjective)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sthāˊna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press