संवहन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संवहन (saṃvahana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səm.ʋə.ɦən/, [sɐ̃m.wɛ.ɦɛ̃n]

Noun

संवहन • (samvahan) m

1. showing, displaying
2. guiding, conducting
3. bearing, carrying
4. shampooing

Declension

Declension of संवहन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संवहन samvahan	संवहन samvahan
oblique	संवहन samvahan	संवहनों samvahanõ
vocative	संवहन samvahan	संवहनो samvahano

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংৱহন (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬯᬳᬦ (Balinese script)
• সংবহন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰪𑰮𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀳𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သံဝဟန (Burmese script)
• સંવહન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਵਹਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌹𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦮꦲꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂫𑂯𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂವಹನ (Kannada script)
• សំវហន (Khmer script)
• ສໍວຫນ (Lao script)
• സംവഹന (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠸᠠᡥᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘪𑘮𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠸᠠᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧊𑧎𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐰𑐴𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସଂଵହନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢮꢲꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆮𑆲𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖪𑖮𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සංවහන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩾𑪂𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚦𑚩𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸஂவஹந (Tamil script)
• సంవహన (Telugu script)
• สํวหน (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཝ་ཧ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒫𑒯𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨭𑨱𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ वह् (vah) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ʋɐ.ɦɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ̃.ʋɐ.ɦɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

संवहन • (saṃvahana) stem, n

1. guiding, conducting
2. showing, displaying
3. bearing, carrying, driving etc.
4. the moving along or passage (of clouds)
5. rubbing, shampooing

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of संवहन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संवहनम् (saṃvahanam)	संवहने (saṃvahane)	संवहनानि (saṃvahanāni) संवहना¹ (saṃvahanā¹)
vocative	संवहन (saṃvahana)	संवहने (saṃvahane)	संवहनानि (saṃvahanāni) संवहना¹ (saṃvahanā¹)
accusative	संवहनम् (saṃvahanam)	संवहने (saṃvahane)	संवहनानि (saṃvahanāni) संवहना¹ (saṃvahanā¹)
instrumental	संवहनेन (saṃvahanena)	संवहनाभ्याम् (saṃvahanābhyām)	संवहनैः (saṃvahanaiḥ) संवहनेभिः¹ (saṃvahanebhiḥ¹)
dative	संवहनाय (saṃvahanāya)	संवहनाभ्याम् (saṃvahanābhyām)	संवहनेभ्यः (saṃvahanebhyaḥ)
ablative	संवहनात् (saṃvahanāt)	संवहनाभ्याम् (saṃvahanābhyām)	संवहनेभ्यः (saṃvahanebhyaḥ)
genitive	संवहनस्य (saṃvahanasya)	संवहनयोः (saṃvahanayoḥ)	संवहनानाम् (saṃvahanānām)
locative	संवहने (saṃvahane)	संवहनयोः (saṃvahanayoḥ)	संवहनेषु (saṃvahaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: संवहन (samvahan) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संवहन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1114.