शयन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शयन (śáyana).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃə.jən/, [ʃɐ.jɐ̃n]

Noun

शयन • (śayan) m

  1. sleep, sleeping
  2. bed
    Synonyms: पर्यंक (paryaṅk), पलंग (palaṅg), बिस्तर (bistar), शय्या (śayyā)

Declension
Declension of शयन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शयन
śayan		 शयन
śayan
oblique शयन
śayan		 शयनों
śayanõ
vocative शयन
śayan		 शयनो
śayano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শয়ন (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
  • শয়ন (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐယန (Burmese script)
  • શયન (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಯನ (Kannada script)
  • ឝយន (Khmer script)
  • ຨຍນ (Lao script)
  • ശയന (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
  • ଶଯନ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
  • ශයන (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
  • ஶயந (Tamil script)
  • శయన (Telugu script)
  • ศยน (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शी (śī, “to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse”) +‎ -अन (-ana). The first element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

शयन • (śáyana) stem, n

  1. the act of lying down or sleeping, rest, repose, sleep
  2. a bed, couch, sleeping-place
  3. copulation, sexual intercourse
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रति
  4. name of a Sāman

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of शयन (śáyana)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शयनम्
śáyanam		 शयने
śáyane		 शयनानि / शयना¹
śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Vocative शयन
śáyana		 शयने
śáyane		 शयनानि / शयना¹
śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Accusative शयनम्
śáyanam		 शयने
śáyane		 शयनानि / शयना¹
śáyanāni / śáyanā¹
Instrumental शयनेन
śáyanena		 शयनाभ्याम्
śáyanābhyām		 शयनैः / शयनेभिः¹
śáyanaiḥ / śáyanebhiḥ¹
Dative शयनाय
śáyanāya		 शयनाभ्याम्
śáyanābhyām		 शयनेभ्यः
śáyanebhyaḥ
Ablative शयनात्
śáyanāt		 शयनाभ्याम्
śáyanābhyām		 शयनेभ्यः
śáyanebhyaḥ
Genitive शयनस्य
śáyanasya		 शयनयोः
śáyanayoḥ		 शयनानाम्
śáyanānām
Locative शयने
śáyane		 शयनयोः
śáyanayoḥ		 शयनेषु
śáyaneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kalami: šä'n, ša'n
    • Khotanese: شین (šen)
    • Phalura: شین (šīn), [script needed] (šēn)
    • Shina: شین (šēn)
    • Torwali: شین (šen)
    • Kashmiri: شۄنٛگُن (śọngun)
  • Pali: sayana
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
    • Southern:
      • Helu Prakrit:
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬𑀡 (sayaṇa)
  • → Hindi: शयन (śayan) (learned)
  • → Thai: ศยนะ (“mattress, bedroom”)

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