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): /t͡ɕʰɐd̪.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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	छद्म (chádma)	छद्मनी (chádmanī)	छद्मानि (chádmāni) छद्म¹ (chádma¹) छद्मा¹ (chádmā¹)
vocative	छद्मन् (chádman) छद्म (chádma)	छद्मनी (chádmanī)	छद्मानि (chádmāni) छद्म¹ (chádma¹) छद्मा¹ (chádmā¹)
accusative	छद्म (chádma)	छद्मनी (chádmanī)	छद्मानि (chádmāni) छद्म¹ (chádma¹) छद्मा¹ (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 (chádmani) छद्मन्¹ (chádman¹)	छद्मनोः (chádmanoḥ)	छद्मसु (chádmasu)

• 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.