शयन

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शयन (śayana).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.jən/,

शयन • (śayan) m

1. sleep, sleeping, resting
2. bed

   Synonyms: पर्यंक (paryaṅk), पलंग (palaṅg), बिस्तर (bistar), शय्या (śayyā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शयन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4696
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शयन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 943

From the root शी (śī, “to lie down; to sleep, to lie down for sexual intercourse”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.jɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/

शयन • (śáyana) stem, n

1. the act of lying down or sleeping, rest, repose, sleep
2. a bed, couch, sleeping-place
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.13:

     उपास्य तु शिवां सन्ध्यां दृष्ट्वा रात्रिम् उपस्थिताम् ।
     रामस्य शयनं चक्रे सूतः सौमित्रिणा सह ॥

     upāsya tu śivāṃ sandhyāṃ dṛṣṭvā rātrim upasthitām.
     rāmasya śayanaṃ cakre sūtaḥ saumitriṇā saha.

     The charioteer, having worshipped the auspicious Sandhya (twilight), seeing the night near, prepared the bed of Rama and Lakshmana.

3. copulation, sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रति

   • Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra 9.33.11:

     परं तु वर्जनीयम् इहान्यया सह शयनं सा च मैथुनप्रिया भवति अन्यथा नश्यति ॥

     paraṃ tu varjanīyam ihānyayā saha śayanaṃ sā ca maithunapriyā bhavati anyathā naśyati.

     But, sexual intercourse with someone else is to be avoided here; otherwise she would start liking copulation or be frustrated.

• Dardic:
  • Kalami: šä'n, ša'n
  • Khotanese: شین (šen)
  • Phalura: شین (šīn), (šēn)
  • Shina: شین (šēn)
  • Torwali: شین (šen)
  • Kashmiri: شۄنٛگُن (śọngun)
• Pali: sayana
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
  • Insular:
    • Dhivehi: ދާން (dān̊)
    • Sinhalese: යහන (yahana)
• → Hindi: शयन (śayan) (learned)
• → Thai: ศยนะ (“mattress, bedroom”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “शयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1055, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 714
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शयन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1535