हेमन्
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Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰayman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰi-mén-s (“winter”). Related to हेमन्त (hemanta, “winter”) and हिम (hima, “snow”); see there for cognates.
Noun
हेमन् • (héman) stem, ?
Usage notes
The word is only used in the locative singular हेमन् (héman, “in the winter”).
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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Noun
हेमन् • (héman) stem, ?
Inflection
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See also
See हेम (hema)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304.