सायाह्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সায়াহ্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬬᬵᬳ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• সায়াহ্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰧𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သာယာဟ္န (Burmese script)
• સાયાહ્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਯਾਹ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦪꦴꦲ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂨𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾಯಾಹ್ನ (Kannada script)
• សាយាហ្ន (Khmer script)
• ສາຍາຫ຺ນ (Lao script)
• സായാഹ്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘧𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧇𑧑𑧎𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐫𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସାଯାହ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢫꢵꢲ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆪𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖧𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සායාහ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑩻𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚣𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸாயாஹ்ந (Tamil script)
• సాయాహ్న (Telugu script)
• สายาหฺน (Thai script)
• སཱ་ཡཱ་ཧྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒨𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Karmadhāraya compound of साय (sāya, “end”) +‎ अह्न (ahna, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.jɑːɦ.nɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑːˈjɑːɦ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सायाह्न • (sāyāhna) stem, m

1. end of the day; eventide, evening

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सायाह्न (sāyāhna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सायाह्नः sāyāhnaḥ	सायाह्नौ / सायाह्ना¹ sāyāhnau / sāyāhnā¹	सायाह्नाः / सायाह्नासः¹ sāyāhnāḥ / sāyāhnāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सायाह्न sāyāhna	सायाह्नौ / सायाह्ना¹ sāyāhnau / sāyāhnā¹	सायाह्नाः / सायाह्नासः¹ sāyāhnāḥ / sāyāhnāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सायाह्नम् sāyāhnam	सायाह्नौ / सायाह्ना¹ sāyāhnau / sāyāhnā¹	सायाह्नान् sāyāhnān
Instrumental	सायाह्नेन sāyāhnena	सायाह्नाभ्याम् sāyāhnābhyām	सायाह्नैः / सायाह्नेभिः¹ sāyāhnaiḥ / sāyāhnebhiḥ¹
Dative	सायाह्नाय sāyāhnāya	सायाह्नाभ्याम् sāyāhnābhyām	सायाह्नेभ्यः sāyāhnebhyaḥ
Ablative	सायाह्नात् sāyāhnāt	सायाह्नाभ्याम् sāyāhnābhyām	सायाह्नेभ्यः sāyāhnebhyaḥ
Genitive	सायाह्नस्य sāyāhnasya	सायाह्नयोः sāyāhnayoḥ	सायाह्नानाम् sāyāhnānām
Locative	सायाह्ने sāyāhne	सायाह्नयोः sāyāhnayoḥ	सायाह्नेषु sāyāhneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सायाह्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1207.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “sāyāhna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “sāyāhna”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC