चनस्

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Sanskrit

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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) stemn (root कन्)

  1. delight
  2. satisfaction

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of चनस् (cánas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चनः
cánaḥ
चनसी
cánasī
चनांसि
cánāṃsi
Vocative चनः
cánaḥ
चनसी
cánasī
चनांसि
cánāṃsi
Accusative चनः
cánaḥ
चनसी
cánasī
चनांसि
cánāṃsi
Instrumental चनसा
cánasā
चनोभ्याम्
cánobhyām
चनोभिः
cánobhiḥ
Dative चनसे
cánase
चनोभ्याम्
cánobhyām
चनोभ्यः
cánobhyaḥ
Ablative चनसः
cánasaḥ
चनोभ्याम्
cánobhyām
चनोभ्यः
cánobhyaḥ
Genitive चनसः
cánasaḥ
चनसोः
cánasoḥ
चनसाम्
cánasām
Locative चनसि
cánasi
चनसोः
cánasoḥ
चनःसु
cánaḥsu

Derived terms

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