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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অহন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অহন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဟန် (Burmese script)
- અહન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂯𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಹೝ (Kannada script)
- អហន៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຫນ຺ (Lao script)
- അഹന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅହନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අහන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪂𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚩𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- அஹந் (Tamil script)
- అహౝ (Telugu script)
- อหนฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨱𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Originally the genitive case of अहर् (ahar), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háźʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵʰ-r̥ ~ *h₂ǵʰ-én-s (“day”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (aiiar, “day”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), whence English day.[1][2][3][4][5]
Noun
अहन् • (áhan) stem, n
- day
Declension
Derived terms
- (+ प्र- (pra-, “fore-, pro-”)) ⇒ प्राह्ण (prāhṇa, “morning”)
- (+ पूर्व (pūrva, “anterior, eastern”)) ⇒ पूर्वाह्ण (pūrvāhṇa, “morning”)
- (+ मध्य (madhya, “middle”)) ⇒ मध्याह्न (madhyāhna, “noon, midday”)
- (+ पर (para, “after, posterior”)) ⇒ पराह्ण (parāhṇa, “afternoon”)
- (+ साय (sāya, “end”)) ⇒ सायाह्न (sāyāhna, “evening, end of the day”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
अहन् • (áhan)
- third-person singular imperfect active indicative of हन् (han): struck, slew
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 17-8
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 149
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “अहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 846, 847.
- ^ Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “ahan”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. , →OCLC, page 186