चन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• श्चन्द् (ścand)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• ચન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• ចន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• ചന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• சந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• చన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• จนฺทฺ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to glow, shine”); see the derivative चन्द्र (candra, “moon”) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐn̪d̪/

Root

चन्द् • (cand)

1. to shine, be bright (Dhātup.)
2. to gladden (ib.)

Derived terms

• चन्द्र (candra, “moon”)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0386/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177