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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্না (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্না (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သ္နာ (Burmese script)
- સ્ના (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
- ស្នា (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
- സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්නා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
- స్నా (Telugu script)
- สฺนา (Thai script)
- སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.
Pronunciation
Root
स्ना • (snā)
- to bathe, wash
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्ना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 769-70
- 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 403
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 572
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0971”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0971