नहान

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (ṇhāṇa), from Sanskrit स्नान (snāna). Doublet of स्नान (snān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.ɦɑːn/, [nɐ.ɦä̃ːn]

Noun

नहान • (nahān) m (Urdu spelling نَہان)

1. bathing, washing (act)

   Synonym: स्नान (snān)

2. (Hinduism) the ritual of bathing an idol

Declension

Declension of नहान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नहान nahān	नहान nahān
oblique	नहान nahān	नहानों nahānõ
vocative	नहान nahān	नहानो nahāno

Related terms

• नहाना (nahānā, “to bathe”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press