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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi -पण (-paṇa), -पन (-pana), from Apabhramsa -प्पण (-ppaṇa), from Vedic Sanskrit -त्वन (-tvana). This suffix is not encountered much in Classical Sanskrit, which favours the suffix -त्व (-tva) for this purpose. Ultimately related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *-twam, from Proto-Indo-European *-twom, thematicized from *-tu. Compare -पा (-pā), from -त्व (-tva). Cognate with Marathi -पणा (-paṇā), Marathi -पण (-paṇ).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-पन • (-pan) m (Urdu spelling پن)
- Forms masculine abstract nouns from adjectives and other nouns: -ity, -ness, -hood, -ship, etc.
- Synonym: -ता (-tā)
Usage notes
Nouns derived using this suffix generally denote such things as state, quality, condition or occupation.
- नंगा (naṅgā, “naked”) + -पन (-pan) → नंगापन (naṅgāpan, “nakedness”)
Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “-पन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “-पन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 234