श्येन

Hindi

IPA^(key): /ʃjeːn/

श्येन • (śyen) m

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉ(y)aynás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(y)ino- (“bird of prey”). Cognate with Old Armenian ցին (cʿin, “kite”), Ancient Greek ἰκτῖνος (iktînos, “kite”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀‎ (saēna, “a mythical bird”).

श्येन • (śyená) m

a hawk, falcon or eagle
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.63.5
  यत्रा चक्रुरमृता गातुमस्मै श्येनो न दीयन्नन्वेति पाथः।
  प्रति वां सूर उदिते विधेम नमोभिर्मित्रावरुणोत हव्यैः॥
  yatrā cakruramṛtā gātumasmai śyeno na dīyannanveti pāthaḥ.
  prati vāṃ sūra udite vidhema namobhirmitrāvaruṇota havyaiḥ.
  Where the irrunortals have prepared his pathway he flieth through the region like a falcon.
  With homage and oblations will we serve you, O Mitra-Varuṇa, when the Sun hath risen.
(Vedic mythology) The name of a divine hawk identified with अग्नि (agni) who ascends to the heavens for bringing सोम (soma) to earth.
(Vedic ritualism) A hawk-shaped fire-altar (अग्निचयन (agnicayana)) constructed with bricks.

Masculine a-stem declension of श्येन (śyená)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्येनः śyenáḥ	श्येनौ śyenaú	श्येनाः / श्येनासः¹ śyenā́ḥ / śyenā́saḥ¹
Vocative	श्येन śyéna	श्येनौ śyénau	श्येनाः / श्येनासः¹ śyénāḥ / śyénāsaḥ¹
Accusative	श्येनम् śyenám	श्येनौ śyenaú	श्येनान् śyenā́n
Instrumental	श्येनेन śyenéna	श्येनाभ्याम् śyenā́bhyām	श्येनैः / श्येनेभिः¹ śyenaíḥ / śyenébhiḥ¹
Dative	श्येनाय śyenā́ya	श्येनाभ्याम् śyenā́bhyām	श्येनेभ्यः śyenébhyaḥ
Ablative	श्येनात् śyenā́t	श्येनाभ्याम् śyenā́bhyām	श्येनेभ्यः śyenébhyaḥ
Genitive	श्येनस्य śyenásya	श्येनयोः śyenáyoḥ	श्येनानाम् śyenā́nām
Locative	श्येने śyené	श्येनयोः śyenáyoḥ	श्येनेषु śyenéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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