चन्दन

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Hindi

Noun

चन्दन (candanm (Urdu spelling چندن)

  1. Alternative spelling of चंदन (candan)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Usually derived from चन्दति (candati, to shine), but probably a Dravidian borrowing: compare Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, Santalum tree), சாந்தம் (cāntam, sandalwood), Malayalam ചാന്ത് (cāntŭ, sandal paste).

Pronunciation

Noun

चन्दन (candana) stemm

  1. sandalwood

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चन्दन
Nom. sg. चन्दनः (candanaḥ)
Gen. sg. चन्दनस्य (candanasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चन्दनः (candanaḥ) चन्दनौ (candanau) चन्दनाः (candanāḥ)
Vocative चन्दन (candana) चन्दनौ (candanau) चन्दनाः (candanāḥ)
Accusative चन्दनम् (candanam) चन्दनौ (candanau) चन्दनान् (candanān)
Instrumental चन्दनेन (candanena) चन्दनाभ्याम् (candanābhyām) चन्दनैः (candanaiḥ)
Dative चन्दनाय (candanāya) चन्दनाभ्याम् (candanābhyām) चन्दनेभ्यः (candanebhyaḥ)
Ablative चन्दनात् (candanāt) चन्दनाभ्याम् (candanābhyām) चन्दनेभ्यः (candanebhyaḥ)
Genitive चन्दनस्य (candanasya) चन्दनयोः (candanayoḥ) चन्दनानाम् (candanānām)
Locative चन्दने (candane) चन्दनयोः (candanayoḥ) चन्दनेषु (candaneṣu)

Descendants

References

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 373
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճանդան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2014) “Armenian čandari ‘plane tree’”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 18, number 1, pages 51–63
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1825, page 145a