सन्

• सन (san)

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana). Also influenced by Sanskrit सन् (san, of an era).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən/, [sɐ̃n]

सन् • (san) m (Urdu spelling سن)

1. year

   Synonyms: वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)

2. era

   ईसवी सन् ― īsvī san ― Christian era; AD

सन् m

1. Devanagari script form of san

Only consensus forms are shown.

From Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- (“to seek, accomplish, work on, succeed”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνύω (anúō, “cause, accomplish”), the source of English authentic (see αὐθέντης (authéntēs)), as well as Hittite [script needed] (sanh-, “to intend; to strive for; to seek”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪/

सन् • (san)

1. to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy
2. to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute
3. to be successful, be granted or fulfilled
4. to wish, to acquire or obtain
5. to wish to procure or bestow
6. to gain or acquire repeatedly

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• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 183
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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