लयन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लयन (layana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lə.jən/, [lɐ.jɐ̃n]

Noun

लयन • (layan) m (rare, formal)

1. resting, repose
2. a place of rest, resthouse

   Synonyms: विश्रामालय (viśrāmālay), आरामगाह (ārāmgāh)

Declension

Declension of लयन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लयन layan	लयन layan
oblique	लयन layan	लयनों layanõ
vocative	लयन layan	लयनो layano

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लयन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লয়ন (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
• লয়ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• လယန (Burmese script)
• લયન (Gujarati script)
• ਲਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಯನ (Kannada script)
• លយន (Khmer script)
• ລຍນ (Lao script)
• ലയന (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଲଯନ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ලයන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
• லயந (Tamil script)
• లయన (Telugu script)
• ลยน (Thai script)
• ལ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ली (lī, “to cling”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.jɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

लयन • (layana) stem, n

1. the act of clinging, adhering, lying
2. resting, repose
3. a place of rest, resthouse

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of लयन (layana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लयनम् layanam	लयने layane	लयनानि / लयना¹ layanāni / layanā¹
Vocative	लयन layana	लयने layane	लयनानि / लयना¹ layanāni / layanā¹
Accusative	लयनम् layanam	लयने layane	लयनानि / लयना¹ layanāni / layanā¹
Instrumental	लयनेन layanena	लयनाभ्याम् layanābhyām	लयनैः / लयनेभिः¹ layanaiḥ / layanebhiḥ¹
Dative	लयनाय layanāya	लयनाभ्याम् layanābhyām	लयनेभ्यः layanebhyaḥ
Ablative	लयनात् layanāt	लयनाभ्याम् layanābhyām	लयनेभ्यः layanebhyaḥ
Genitive	लयनस्य layanasya	लयनयोः layanayoḥ	लयनानाम् layanānām
Locative	लयने layane	लयनयोः layanayoḥ	लयनेषु layaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: लयन (layan) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “लयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 903, column 2.