श्वन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognates include Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”), Latin canis (“dog”), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥 (span, “dog”), Lithuanian šuo, Old Armenian շուն (šun), and Old English hund (English hound).
Pronunciation
Noun
श्वन् • (śván) m
Declension
| Masculine n-stem declension of श्वन् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | श्वा (śvā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | शुनः (śunaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्वा (śvā) | श्वानौ (śvānau) | श्वानः (śvānaḥ) |
| Vocative | श्वन् (śvan) | श्वानौ (śvānau) | श्वानः (śvānaḥ) |
| Accusative | श्वानम् (śvānam) | श्वानौ (śvānau) | शुनः (śunaḥ) |
| Instrumental | शुना (śunā) | श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām) | श्वभिः (śvabhiḥ) |
| Dative | शुने (śune) | श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām) | श्वभ्यः (śvabhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | शुनः (śunaḥ) | श्वभ्याम् (śvabhyām) | श्वभ्यः (śvabhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | शुनः (śunaḥ) | शुनोः (śunoḥ) | शुनाम् (śunām) |
| Locative | शुनि (śuni) | शुनोः (śunoḥ) | श्वसु (śvasu) |
Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1105/1
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