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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- অদন (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬤᬦ (Balinese script)
- অদন (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰟𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အဒန (Burmese script)
- અદન (Gujarati script)
- ਅਦਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌦𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦢꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂠𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಅದನ (Kannada script)
- អទន (Khmer script)
- ອທນ (Lao script)
- അദന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡩᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘟𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦿𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐡𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଅଦନ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢣꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆢𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖟𑖡 (Siddham script)
- අදන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩭𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚛𑚝 (Takri script)
- அத³ந (Tamil script)
- అదన (Telugu script)
- อทน (Thai script)
- ཨ་ད་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒠𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨛𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root अद् (ad, “to eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
अदन • (ádana) stem, n
- food
- act of eating
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अदन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0017.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अदन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “adana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.