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Urdu
Etymology
First attested in c. 1780 as Middle Hindi ساون (savn /sāvan/),[1] inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀡 (sāvaṇa), from Sanskrit श्रावण (śrā́vaṇa).[2] Cognate with Bengali শাওন (śaōn), Gujarati સાવણ (sāvaṇ), Punjabi ساون / ਸਉਣ (sauṇa), and Sindhi سانوڻ / सांवणु (sā̃vaṇu). Compare Pashto ساوڼ (sāwaṇ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ساوَن • (sāvan) m (Hindi spelling सावन)
- monsoon
- Shraavana (the fifth month in the Hindu Calendar)
Declension
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plural
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ساوَن (sāvan)
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ساوَن (sāvan)
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ساوَن (sāvan)
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ساوَنوں (sāvanõ)
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ساوَن (sāvan)
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ساوَنو (sāvano)
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References
- ^ “ساون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrā́vaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 736
Further reading
- “ساون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ساون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ساون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 630