-पन

See also: पेन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi -पण (-paṇa), -पन (-pana), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -प्पण (-ppaṇa), from Vedic Sanskrit -त्वन (-tvana). This suffix is not encountered much in Classical Sanskrit, which favours the suffix -त्व (-tva) for this purpose. Ultimately related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *-twam, from Proto-Indo-European *-twom, thematicized from *-tu. Compare -पा (-pā), from -त्व (-tva).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pən/, [pɐ̃n]

Suffix

-पन • (-pan) m (Urdu spelling پن)

1. Forms masculine abstract nouns from adjectives and other nouns: -ity, -ness, -hood, -ship, etc.

   Synonym: -ता (-tā)

Usage notes

Nouns derived using this suffix generally denote such things as state, quality, condition or occupation.

‎नंगा (naṅgā, “naked”) + ‎-पन (-pan) → ‎नंगापन (naṅgāpan, “nakedness”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -पन

Related terms

• -पा (-pā)
• -त्व (-tva)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “-पन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “-पन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 234