चनस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চনস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চনস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စနသ် (Burmese script)
• ચનસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚನಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ចនស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈນສ຺ (Lao script)
• ചനസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚନସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චනස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• சநஸ் (Tamil script)
• చనస్ (Telugu script)
• จนสฺ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čánas, from *kanH- (“to love, take pleasure in”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂- (“to be pleased, enjoy”), infixed nasal stem of *keh₂- (“to like, wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

चनस् • (cánas) stem, n (root कन्)

1. delight
2. satisfaction

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of चनस् (cánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Vocative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Accusative	चनः cánaḥ	चनसी cánasī	चनांसि cánāṃsi
Instrumental	चनसा cánasā	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभिः cánobhiḥ
Dative	चनसे cánase	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभ्यः cánobhyaḥ
Ablative	चनसः cánasaḥ	चनोभ्याम् cánobhyām	चनोभ्यः cánobhyaḥ
Genitive	चनसः cánasaḥ	चनसोः cánasoḥ	चनसाम् cánasām
Locative	चनसि cánasi	चनसोः cánasoḥ	चनःसु cánaḥsu

Derived terms

• चनस्यति (canasyáti, “to delight in, enjoy”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 386, column 2.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चनस्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 528
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343