फेन

See also: फ़ोन and फ़ानी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ফেন (Assamese script)
• ᬨᬾᬦ (Balinese script)
• ফেন (Bengali script)
• 𑰣𑰸𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀨𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဖေန (Burmese script)
• ફેન (Gujarati script)
• ਫੇਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌫𑍇𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦦꦺꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂤𑂵𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಫೇನ (Kannada script)
• ផេន (Khmer script)
• ເຜນ (Lao script)
• ഫേന (Malayalam script)
• ᡦᡝᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘣𑘹𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠹᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧃𑧚𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐦𑐾𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଫେନ (Odia script)
• ꢧꢾꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆦𑆼𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖣𑖸𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ඵෙන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩱𑩔𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚟𑚲𑚝 (Takri script)
• பே²ந (Tamil script)
• ఫేన (Telugu script)
• เผน (Thai script)
• ཕེ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒤𑒹𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨟𑨄𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pHóy-nh₂-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with Lithuanian spáinė, Russian пе́на (péna), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), spuma (“froth”), Old English fām (whence English foam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pʰɐ́j.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pʰeː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

फेन • (phéna) stem, m or n

1. foam, froth, scum
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.14.13:

     अपां फेनेन नमुचेः शिर इन्द्रोदवर्तयः ।

     apāṃ phenena namuceḥ śira indrodavartayaḥ.

     With waters' foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuci

2. moisture of the lips, saliva
3. white cuttlefish bone, supposed to be indurated foam of the sea

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फेन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फेनः (phénaḥ)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹)
vocative	फेन (phéna)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹)
accusative	फेनम् (phénam)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनान् (phénān)
instrumental	फेनेन (phénena)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹)
dative	फेनाय (phénāya)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
ablative	फेनात् (phénāt)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
genitive	फेनस्य (phénasya)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनानाम् (phénānām)
locative	फेने (phéne)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनेषु (phéneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of फेन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फेनम् (phénam)	फेने (phéne)	फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹)
vocative	फेन (phéna)	फेने (phéne)	फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹)
accusative	फेनम् (phénam)	फेने (phéne)	फेनानि (phénāni) फेना¹ (phénā¹)
instrumental	फेनेन (phénena)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹)
dative	फेनाय (phénāya)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
ablative	फेनात् (phénāt)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
genitive	फेनस्य (phénasya)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनानाम् (phénānām)
locative	फेने (phéne)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनेषु (phéneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• फेनक (phenaka)

Proper noun

फेन • (phéna) stem, m

1. name of a man

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फेन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फेनः (phénaḥ)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹)
vocative	फेन (phéna)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनाः (phénāḥ) फेनासः¹ (phénāsaḥ¹)
accusative	फेनम् (phénam)	फेनौ (phénau) फेना¹ (phénā¹)	फेनान् (phénān)
instrumental	फेनेन (phénena)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनैः (phénaiḥ) फेनेभिः¹ (phénebhiḥ¹)
dative	फेनाय (phénāya)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
ablative	फेनात् (phénāt)	फेनाभ्याम् (phénābhyām)	फेनेभ्यः (phénebhyaḥ)
genitive	फेनस्य (phénasya)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनानाम् (phénānām)
locative	फेने (phéne)	फेनयोः (phénayoḥ)	फेनेषु (phéneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: pheṇa
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: phénu
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: ফেন (phen)
  • Bengali: ফেনা (phena)
• → Tamil: பேனம் (pēṉam)
• → Malayalam: ഫേനം (phēnaṁ)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “phena”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.