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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana). Also influenced by Sanskrit सन् (san, of an era).
Pronunciation
Noun
सन् • (san) m (Urdu spelling سن)
- year
- Synonyms: वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)
- era
- ईसवी सन् ― īsvī san ― Christian era; AD
Declension
Declension of सन् (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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सन्
san
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सन्
san
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| oblique
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सन्
san
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सनों
sanõ
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| vocative
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सन्
san
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सनो
sano
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Pali
Alternative scripts
- san (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- সন্ (Bengali script)
- සන් (Sinhalese script)
- သန် or သၼ် (Burmese script)
- สนฺ or สัน (Thai script)
- ᩈᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
- ສນ຺ or ສັນ (Lao script)
- សន៑ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄚𑄴 (Chakma script)
Noun
सन् m
- Devanagari script form of san
Declension
Only consensus forms are shown.
Declension table of "सन्" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | सा (sā) | सा (sā) |
| Accusative (second) | (उन्चेर्तइन्) ((uncertaïn)) | साने (sāne) |
| Dative (fourth) | सस्स (sassa) | सानं (sānaṃ) |
| Genitive (sixth) | सस्स (sassa) | सानं (sānaṃ) |
| Vocative (calling) | स (sa) | सा (sā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သန် (Burmese script)
- સન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೝ (Kannada script)
- សន៑ (Khmer script)
- ສນ຺ (Lao script)
- സന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸந் (Tamil script)
- సౝ (Telugu script)
- สนฺ (Thai script)
- ས་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- (“to seek, accomplish, work on, succeed”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνύω (anúō, “cause, accomplish”), the source of English authentic (see αὐθέντης (authéntēs)), as well as Hittite (sanh-, “to intend; to strive for; to seek”).
Pronunciation
Root
सन् • (san)
- to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy
- to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute
- to be successful, be granted or fulfilled
- to wish, to acquire or obtain
- to wish to procure or bestow
- to gain or acquire repeatedly
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1140.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 183
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 696-697
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 369
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 532
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0906”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0906