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savana

Czech

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Noun

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savana f

  1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

Declension

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Declension of savana (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative savana savany
genitive savany savan
dative savaně savanám
accusative savanu savany
vocative savano savany
locative savaně savanách
instrumental savanou savanami

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Taíno [Term?].

Noun

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savana f (plural savane)

  1. savanna

Anagrams

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa, “hearing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

Noun

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savana n[1][2]

  1. hearing,[1][2] listening
    • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:
      121. Su savane saka sattimhi
      khi khayamhi gi saddane
      apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
      hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.
      121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.
  2. ear[1][2]
Declension
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Declension table of "savana" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)savanaṃsavanāni
Accusative (second)savanaṃsavanāni
Instrumental (third)savanenasavanehi or savanebhi
Dative (fourth)savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃsavanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)savanasmā or savanamhā or savanāsavanehi or savanebhi
Genitive (sixth)savanassasavanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savanesavanesu
Vocative (calling)savanasavanāni
Descendants
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→ Thai: สวน (sà-wá-ná-), “listening”)

Etymology 2

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Derived from Sanskrit स्रवण (sravaṇa, “flowing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

Noun

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savana n[1][2]

  1. flowing[1][2]
Declension
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Declension table of "savana" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)savanaṃsavanāni
Accusative (second)savanaṃsavanāni
Instrumental (third)savanenasavanehi or savanebhi
Dative (fourth)savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃsavanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)savanasmā or savanamhā or savanāsavanehi or savanebhi
Genitive (sixth)savanassasavanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savanesavanesu
Vocative (calling)savanasavanāni

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 470.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “savana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish sabana.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

Noun

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savana f (plural savanas)

  1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

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  1. ^ “savana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “savana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saʋǎna/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

Noun

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savàna f (Cyrillic spelling сава̀на)

  1. savanna

Declension

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Declension of savana
singular plural
nominative savàna savane
genitive savane savánā
dative savani savanama
accusative savanu savane
vocative savano savane
locative savani savanama
instrumental savanom savanama

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English savanna.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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savana class IX (plural savana class X)

  1. savanna
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