स्नान

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्नान (snāna).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /snɑːn/, [s̪n̪ä̃ːn̪]

Noun

स्नान • (snān) m (Urdu spelling اسنان‎)

the act of bathing, ablution
a place for bathing

Declension

Declension of स्नान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्नान snān	स्नान snān
oblique	स्नान snān	स्नानों snānõ
vocative	स्नान snān	स्नानो snāno

Related terms

स्नानघर (snānghar)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
স্নান (Assamese script)
স্নান (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
સ્નાન (Gujarati script)
ਸੑਨਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
ស្នាន (Khmer script)
ಸ್ನಾನ (Kannada script)
ສ຺ນານ (Lao script)
സ്നാന (Malayalam script)
𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠰᠨᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠰᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
သ္နာန (Burmese script)
𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
ସ୍ନାନ (Oriya script)
ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
ස්නාන (Sinhalese script)
స్నాన (Telugu script)
สฺนาน (Thai script)
སྣཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to bathe”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː.nɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्नान • (snāna) n

bath, bathing
bathroom
ablution
cleansing, washing off
religious or ceremonial ablution
bathing in sacred waters
anything used in ablution

Descendants

Pali: sināna, nahāna
Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡 (ṇhāṇa)
- Old Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇa), न्हाण (nhāṇa)
  - Marathi: नहाण (nahāṇ), न्हाण (nhāṇ)
→ Kannada: ಸ್ನಾನ (snāna)
→ Hindi: स्नान (snān)
→ Malayalam: സ്നാനം (snānaṃ)
→ Telugu: స్నానము (snānamu)
→ Urdu: سنان‎ (snān), اسنان‎ (isnān)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “स्नान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 768.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 796

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