छाँव

Hindi

Alternative forms

• छांव (chāmv), छाँह (chā̃h)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH

Sanskrit छाया (chāyā)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸 (chāyā)

Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀆 (chāā)blend.

Prakrit 𑀆𑀳𑀸 (āhā)blend.

Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀳𑀸 (chāhā)

Hindi छाँह (chā̃h)

Hindi छाँव (chā̃v)

Variant of older छाँह (chā̃h), from Prakrit छाहा (chāhā), itself a variant of छाआ (chāā), from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂. Doublet of छाया (chāyā) and साया (sāyā). Related to छाई (chāī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɑ̃ːʋ/, [t͡ʃʰä̃ːʋ], /t͡ʃʰɑ̃ː.oː/, [t͡ʃʰä̃ː.oː]

Noun

छाँव • (chā̃v) f (Urdu spelling چھاؤں)

1. shade, shadow

   Synonyms: साया (sāyā); छाया (chāyā)

Declension

Declension of छाँव (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	छाँव chā̃v	छाँवें chā̃vẽ
oblique	छाँव chā̃v	छाँवों chā̃võ
vocative	छाँव chā̃v	छाँवो chā̃vo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “छाँव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chāyā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press