स्तन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /st̪ən/, [s̪t̪ə̃n̪]

Noun

स्तन (stan) m

  1. breast, tit

Declension

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तन (stana)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st̪ən/

Noun

स्तन (stana) m

  1. breast, tit

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(p)stánas, from Proto-Indo-European *pstón-o-s (breast). Cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (fštāna, breast of a woman) and Persian پستان (pestân, breast), Proto-Germanic *spenô (nipple), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, breast, chest), Irish sine (nipple), Lithuanian spenys ((animal) teats) and Tocharian B päścane (pair of breasts).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्तन (stána) m

  1. the female breast (either human or animal), teat, udder
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.49:
      यस्ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर्येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि ।
      यो रत्नधा वसुविद्यः सुदत्रः सरस्वति तमिह धातवे कः ॥
      yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi .
      yo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ sarasvati tamiha dhātave kaḥ .
      That breast of thine exhaustless, spring of pleasure, wherewith thou feedest all things that are choicest,
      Wealth-giver, treasure finder, free bestower,—bring that, Sarasvatī, that we may drain it.
  2. the nipple (of the female or the male breast)
  3. a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तन (stána)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative स्तनः
stánaḥ
स्तनौ
stánau
स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹
stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹
Vocative स्तन
stána
स्तनौ
stánau
स्तनाः / स्तनासः¹
stánāḥ / stánāsaḥ¹
Accusative स्तनम्
stánam
स्तनौ
stánau
स्तनान्
stánān
Instrumental स्तनेन
stánena
स्तनाभ्याम्
stánābhyām
स्तनैः / स्तनेभिः¹
stánaiḥ / stánebhiḥ¹
Dative स्तनाय
stánāya
स्तनाभ्याम्
stánābhyām
स्तनेभ्यः
stánebhyaḥ
Ablative स्तनात्
stánāt
स्तनाभ्याम्
stánābhyām
स्तनेभ्यः
stánebhyaḥ
Genitive स्तनस्य
stánasya
स्तनयोः
stánayoḥ
स्तनानाम्
stánānām
Locative स्तने
stáne
स्तनयोः
stánayoḥ
स्तनेषु
stáneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: تھَن (than)
  • Pali: thana, thanaka
  • Prakrit: 𑀣𑀡 (thaṇa)
    • Central:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀣𑀡 (thaṇa)
        • Awadhi: थन (than)
        • Hindustani: than
          • Hindi: थन
          • Urdu: تھَن
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Middle Bengali: থন (thon)
        • Bihari:
    • Northern:
      • Khasa Prakrit:
        • Central Pahari:
          • Garhwali: थण (thaṇ)
        • Eastern Pahari:
    • Northwestern:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Takka Apabhramsa:
          • Punjabi: thaṇ, than
            Gurmukhi script: ਥਣ, ਥਨ
            Shahmukhi script: تھَݨ, تھَن
            • Lahnda: تھن (thaṇ)
        • Vracada Apabhramsa:
          • Sindhi: thaṇu
            Arabic script: ٿَڻُ
            Devanagari script: थणु
            • Kachchi: થણ (thaṇ)
    • Southern:
      • Helu:
        • Dhivehi: ތިނަ (tina)
        • Sinhalese: තනය (tanaya)

Borrowed terms

References

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