स्निह्

See also: स्नेह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬲ᭄ᬦᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • স্নিহ্ (Assamese script)
  • স্নিহ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • સ્નિહ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸੑਨਿਹੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦱ꧀ꦤꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ស្និហ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಸ್ನಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
  • ສ຺ນິຫ຺ (Lao script)
  • സ്നിഹ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᠨᢈᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠰᠨᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
  • သ္နိဟ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ସ୍ନିହ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢱ꣄ꢥꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ස්නිහ් (Sinhalese script)
  • స్నిహ్ (Telugu script)
  • สฺนิหฺ (Thai script)
  • སྣི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

The meaning of "to love" may have evolved from a secondary slang meaning of snow: "to stick, remain," related to its nature to stick to itself, and "perhaps from whitish bodily fluids which are compared to snow, notably snot and spit" (Cheung, 2007). Another example in this context is semen. This offers two senses of development: 1. as a simile of companionship, love: "sticking with someone" 2. as a euphemism for the act of making love, involving body fluids: "sticky like snow"

Pronunciation

Root

स्निह् • (snih)

  1. to love
  2. to be adherent, to cling

Derived terms

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349

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