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Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit स्नान (snāna).
Pronunciation
Noun
स्नान • (snān) m (Urdu spelling اسنان)
- the act of bathing, ablution
- a place for bathing
Declension
Declension of स्नान (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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स्नान
snān
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स्नान
snān
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| oblique
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स्नान
snān
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स्नानों
snānõ
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| vocative
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स्नान
snān
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स्नानो
snāno
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From स्ना (snā, “to bathe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
स्नान • (snāna) stem, n
- bath, bathing
- bathroom
- ablution
- cleansing, washing off
- religious or ceremonial ablution
- bathing in sacred waters
- anything used in ablution
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्नान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266/3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 796