स्ना

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্না (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• স্না (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နာ (Burmese script)
• સ્ના (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
• ស្នា (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
• സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
• స్నా (Telugu script)
• สฺนา (Thai script)
• སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /snɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪n̪ɑː/

Root

स्ना • (snā)

1. to bathe, wash

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्ना (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्ना (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• स्नाति (snā́ti, Present)
• स्नायति (snāyati, Present)
• स्नास्यति (snāsyáti, Future)
• स्नाता (snātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अस्नासीत् (ásnāsīt, Aorist)
• स्नायात् (snāyā́t, Benedictive)
• स्नेयात् (sneyā́t, Benedictive)
• सस्नौ (sasnáu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• स्नायते (snāyáte, Passive)
• अस्नायि (ásnāyi, Passive Aorist)
• स्नापयति (snāpáyati, Causative)
• स्नपयति (snapáyati, Causative)
• सिस्नासति (sisnāsati, Desiderative)
• सास्नायते (sāsnāyate, Intensive)
• सास्नाति (sāsnāti, Intensive)
• सास्नेति (sāsneti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• स्नात (snātá, Past Participle)
• स्नातुम् (snātum, Infinitive)
• स्नात्वा (snātvā́, Gerund)
• स्नाय (snā́ya, Gerund)
• स्नेय (snéya, Gerundive)
• स्नातव्य (snātavya, Gerundive)
• स्नानीय (snānīya, Gerundive)
• स्नात्व (snā́tva, Gerundive)
• सिष्णासु (siṣṇāsu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• स्नपन (snápana)
• स्नातृ (snātṛ)
• स्नान (snāna)
• स्नापक (snāpaka)
• स्नापन (snāpana)
• स्नायिन् (snāyin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• उत्स्ना (utsnā)
• निष्णा (niṣṇā)
• प्रस्ना (prasnā)
• संस्ना (saṃsnā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्ना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “snā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 769-770

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 572
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “971”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 971