तुहिन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তুহিন (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬸᬳᬶᬦ (Balinese script)
• তুহিন (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰲𑰮𑰰𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀼𑀳𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• တုဟိန (Burmese script)
• તુહિન (Gujarati script)
• ਤੁਹਿਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍁𑌹𑌿𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦸꦲꦶꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂳𑂯𑂱𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ತುಹಿನ (Kannada script)
• តុហិន (Khmer script)
• ຕຸຫິນ (Lao script)
• തുഹിന (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡠᡥᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘳𑘮𑘱𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠤᠾᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧔𑧎𑧒𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐸𑐴𑐶𑐣 (Newa script)
• ତୁହିନ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢸꢲꢶꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆶𑆲𑆴𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖲𑖮𑖰𑖡 (Siddham script)
• තුහින (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩒𑪂𑩑𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚰𑚩𑚮𑚝 (Takri script)
• துஹிந (Tamil script)
• తుహిన (Telugu script)
• ตุหิน (Thai script)
• ཏུ་ཧི་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒳𑒯𑒱𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨃𑨱𑨁𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Often connected to तुषार (tuṣāra, “cold, frost”), itself with unclear origins; Wack derives it from a related possible etymon *तुषिण (tuṣiṇa), with debuccalization.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tu.ɦi.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.ɦi.n̪ɐ/

Noun

तुहिन • (tuhina) stem, n

1. frost, cold, mist, dew, snow
2. moonlight
3. camphor

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तुहिन (tuhina)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तुहिनम् tuhinam	तुहिने tuhine	तुहिनानि / तुहिना¹ tuhināni / tuhinā¹
Vocative	तुहिन tuhina	तुहिने tuhine	तुहिनानि / तुहिना¹ tuhināni / tuhinā¹
Accusative	तुहिनम् tuhinam	तुहिने tuhine	तुहिनानि / तुहिना¹ tuhināni / tuhinā¹
Instrumental	तुहिनेन tuhinena	तुहिनाभ्याम् tuhinābhyām	तुहिनैः / तुहिनेभिः¹ tuhinaiḥ / tuhinebhiḥ¹
Dative	तुहिनाय tuhināya	तुहिनाभ्याम् tuhinābhyām	तुहिनेभ्यः tuhinebhyaḥ
Ablative	तुहिनात् tuhināt	तुहिनाभ्याम् tuhinābhyām	तुहिनेभ्यः tuhinebhyaḥ
Genitive	तुहिनस्य tuhinasya	तुहिनयोः tuhinayoḥ	तुहिनानाम् tuhinānām
Locative	तुहिने tuhine	तुहिनयोः tuhinayoḥ	तुहिनेषु tuhineṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तुहिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 452/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 253
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 518