शनैस्

See also: शनि, शान, and श्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শনৈস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬦᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শনৈস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰡𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀦𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐနဲသ် (Burmese script)
• શનૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਨੈਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦤꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂢𑂶𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶನೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝនៃស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨໄນສ຺ (Lao script)
• ശനൈസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠨᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘡𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠨᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧁𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐣𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶନୈସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢥꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆤𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖡𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශනෛස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩯𑩗𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚝𑚳𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶநைஸ் (Tamil script)
• శనైస్ (Telugu script)
• ศไนสฺ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ནཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒢𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨝𑨇𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally the instrumental plural of an unattested *शन (śana, “quiet, calm, soft”), suggested to be either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱEn- or from the same root as Proto-Iranian *san- (“to mount, ascend”). In the latter case, the Iranian verb is of uncertain origin, and may be borrowed from the BMAC substrate.

Adverb

शनैस् • (śanais)

1. quietly, softly, gently, gradually, alternately, slowly

   हस्ती शनैः शनैः चलति।

   hastī śanaiḥ śanaiḥ calati.

   The elephant walks slowly.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शनैस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शनैस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 607-608
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-332