छद्मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছদ্মন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬤ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ছদ্মন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰟𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀤𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဆဒ္မန် (Burmese script)
• છદ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਦ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦢ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂠𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಛದ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
• ឆទ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຉທ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
• ഛദ്മന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᡩᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘟𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᢑᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑦿𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐡𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଛଦ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢣ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆢𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖟𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඡද‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩭 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚛𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ச²த்³மந் (Tamil script)
• ఛద్మౝ (Telugu script)
• ฉทฺมนฺ (Thai script)
• ཚ་དྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒠𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨛𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *šćádma (stem *šćádman-), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱéd-mn̥ (“one that covers”), from *sḱed- or *sked- (“to cover”). Equivalent to छद् (chad, “to cover”) +‎ -मन् (-man).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ́d.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐd̪.mɐn̪/

Noun

छद्मन् • (chádman) stem, n

1. a roof
2. external covering, deceptive dress, disguise, pretext, pretence, deceit, fraud
3. (drama) deceitful, intelligence or tidings

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of छद्मन् (chádman)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Vocative	छद्मन् / छद्म chádman / chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Accusative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Instrumental	छद्मना chádmanā	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभिः chádmabhiḥ
Dative	छद्मने chádmane	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Ablative	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Genitive	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मनाम् chádmanām
Locative	छद्मनि / छद्मन्¹ chádmani / chádman¹	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मसु chádmasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• छद्म (chadma)

Descendants

• Assamese: ছাদ (sad)
• Bengali: ছাদ (chad)
• → Hindi: छद्म (chadma)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छद्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404.