शर्मन्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárma, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱél-mn̥, from *ḱel- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old English helma (whence English helm).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ɾ.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐɾ.mɐn̪/

शर्मन् • (śárman) stem

1. happy, prosperous (W.)

शर्मन् • (śárman) stem, n

1. shelter, safety (RV., etc.)
2. house (Naigh.)
3. joy, happiness, bliss (as frequently used as suffix to names of Brahmans) (Yājñ., MBh., Kāv., etc.)
4. equal to वाच् (vāc, “voice”) (AitBr.)
5. equal to शर्व (śarva) (Kauś.)
6. name of some particular formulas (VarYogay.)

• Monier Williams (1899) “शर्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1058/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 620