Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha, “oil, viscid substance; attachment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *snáyźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáyǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from whence also came English snow. There was a semantic shift from "snow" to "viscid substance (e.g. oil, fat, body fluid)" to "attachment" to "affection", as snow was possibly compared to whitish, sticky body fluids, e.g. semen, snot, spit. Doublet of সিনেহ (sineho) and নেহ (neho).
স্নেহ • (sneho)
স্নেহ m
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | স্নেহো (sneho) | স্নেহা (snehā) |
| Accusative (second) | স্নেহং (snehaṃ) | স্নেহে (snehe) |
| Instrumental (third) | স্নেহেন (snehena) | স্নেহেহি (snehehi) or স্নেহেভি (snehebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | স্নেহস্স (snehassa) or স্নেহায (snehāya) or স্নেহত্থং (snehatthaṃ) | স্নেহানং (snehānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | স্নেহস্মা (snehasmā) or স্নেহম্হা (snehamhā) or স্নেহা (snehā) | স্নেহেহি (snehehi) or স্নেহেভি (snehebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | স্নেহস্স (snehassa) | স্নেহানং (snehānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | স্নেহস্মিং (snehasmiṃ) or স্নেহম্হি (snehamhi) or স্নেহে (snehe) | স্নেহেসু (snehesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | স্নেহ (sneha) | স্নেহা (snehā) |