अहन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
অহন্ (Assamese script)
অহন্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
અહન્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਹਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
អហន៑ (Khmer script)
ಅಹೝ (Kannada script)
ອຫນ຺ (Lao script)
അഹന് (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
အဟန် (Burmese script)
𑦠𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅହନ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢂꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
අහන් (Sinhalese script)
అహౝ (Telugu script)
อหนฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology 1

Originally the genitive case of अहर् (ahar), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háźʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵʰ-r̥ ~ *h₂ǵʰ-én-s (“day”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭‎ (aiiar, “day”).[1][2][3]

Noun

अहन् • (áhan) n

day

Derived terms

(+ प्र- (pra-, “towards, pro-”)) ⇒ प्राह्ण (prāhṇa, “morning”)
(+ पूर्व (pūrva, “anterior, eastern”)) ⇒ पूर्वाह्न (pūrvāhna, “morning”)
(+ मध्य (madhya, “middle”)) ⇒ मध्याह्न (madhyāhna, “noon, midday”)
(+ अपर (apara, “posterior, western”)) ⇒ अपराह्न (aparāhna, “afternoon”)
(+ साय (sāya, “end”)) ⇒ सायाह्न (sāyāhna, “evening, end of the day”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɦɐn/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐn̪/

Verb

अहन् • (áhan)

third-person singular imperfect active indicative of हन् (han): struck, slew

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 149
Monier Williams (1899), “अहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 846, 847.
Arthur Berriedale Keith; Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912), “ahan”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 186

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