छद्मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬙᬤ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
ছদ্মন্ (Assamese script)
ছদ্মন্ (Bengali script)
𑰔𑰟𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀙𑀤𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌛𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
છદ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
ਛਦੑਮਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦖꦢ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
ឆទ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
ಛದ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
ຉທ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
ഛദ്മന് (Malayalam script)
𑘔𑘟𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠼᠠᢑᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
ᡮᠠᡩᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
ဆဒ္မန် (Burmese script)
𑦴𑦿𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐕𑐡𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଛଦ୍ମନ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢘꢣ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆗𑆢𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖔𑖟𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඡද්මන් (Sinhalese script)
ఛద్మౝ (Telugu script)
ฉทฺมนฺ (Thai script)
ཚ་དྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒕𑒠𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *šćádma (stem *šćádman-), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱéd-mn̥ (“one that covers”), from *sḱed- or *sked- (“to cover”). Equivalent to छद् (chad, “to cover”) +‎ -मन् (-man).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ́d.mɐn/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐd̪.mɐn̪/

Noun

छद्मन् • (chádman) n

a roof
external covering, deceptive dress, disguise, pretext, pretence, deceit, fraud
(drama) deceitful, intelligence or tidings

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of छद्मन् (chádman)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि chádmāni
Vocative	छद्मन् / छद्म chádman / chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि chádmāni
Accusative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि chádmāni
Instrumental	छद्मना chádmanā	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभिः chádmabhiḥ
Dative	छद्मने chádmane	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Ablative	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Genitive	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मनाम् chádmanām
Locative	छद्मनि chádmani	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मसु chádmasu

Related terms

छद्म (chadma)

Descendants

Bengali: ছাদ (chad)
→ Hindi: छद्म (chadma)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “छद्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404.

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