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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চনস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চনস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စနသ် (Burmese script)
- ચનસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚನಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ចនស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈນສ຺ (Lao script)
- ചനസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚନସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චනස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- சநஸ் (Tamil script)
- చనస్ (Telugu script)
- จนสฺ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čánas, from *kanH- (“to love, take pleasure in”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂- (“to be pleased, enjoy”), infixed nasal stem of *keh₂- (“to like, wish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
चनस् • (cánas) stem, n (root कन्)
- delight
- satisfaction
Declension
Derived terms
- चनस्यति (canasyáti, “to delight in, enjoy”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 386, column 2.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चनस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 528
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343