श्यान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्यान (śyāna, “shrunk, become dry, viscous”)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃjɑːn/, [ʃjä̃ːn]

Adjective

श्यान • (śyān) (indeclinable)

1. viscous

Derived terms

• श्यानता (śyāntā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्यान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press