स्नात

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नात (snāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /snɑːt̪/, [snäːt̪]

Adjective

स्नात • (snāt) (indeclinable) (formal)

1. bathed
2. versed in

Noun

स्नात • (snāt) m

1. (rare) one whose religious study has finished

Declension

Declension of स्नात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्नात snāt	स्नात snāt
oblique	स्नात snāt	स्नातों snātõ
vocative	स्नात snāt	स्नातो snāto

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “स्नात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “स्नात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্নাত (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• স্নাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• သ္နာတ (Burmese script)
• સ્નાત (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਨਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ನಾತ (Kannada script)
• ស្នាត (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ນາຕ (Lao script)
• സ്നാത (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠨᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ନାତ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්නාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஸ்நாத (Tamil script)
• స్నాత (Telugu script)
• สฺนาต (Thai script)
• སྣཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *snaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, bathe”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁𐬙𐬀 (snāta). By surface analysis, स्ना (snā, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

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

Participle

स्नात • (snātá)

1. past participle of स्नाति (snāti)

Adjective

स्नात • (snātá) stem

1. bathed, washed, cleansed
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 20.20:

     द्रु॒प॒दादि॑व मुमुचा॒नः स्वि॒न्नः स्ना॒तो मला॑दिव।
     पू॒तं प॒वित्रे॑णे॒वाज्य॒मापः॑ शुन्धन्तु॒ मैन॑सः॥

     drupadā́diva mumucānáḥ svinnáḥ snātó málādiva.
     pūtáṃ pavítreṇevā́jyamā́paḥ śundhantu maínasaḥ.

     As one unfastened from a stake, or cleansed by bathing after having sweated,
     As butter which the sieve hath purged, let water clean me from my sin.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.5.26:

     स स्नातो बभ्रुः पिङ्गलः पृथिव्यां बहु रोचते ॥

     sa snāto babhruḥ piṅgalaḥ pṛthivyāṃ bahu rocate.

     When he hath bathed, brown, yellow-hued, he shines exceedingly on earth.

2. (with ablative or in compounds) purified from
3. (with locative or in compounds) versed in

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्नात

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्नातः (snātáḥ)	स्नातौ (snātaú) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)	स्नाताः (snātā́ḥ) स्नातासः¹ (snātā́saḥ¹)
vocative	स्नात (snā́ta)	स्नातौ (snā́tau) स्नाता¹ (snā́tā¹)	स्नाताः (snā́tāḥ) स्नातासः¹ (snā́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	स्नातम् (snātám)	स्नातौ (snātaú) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)	स्नातान् (snātā́n)
instrumental	स्नातेन (snāténa)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातैः (snātaíḥ) स्नातेभिः¹ (snātébhiḥ¹)
dative	स्नाताय (snātā́ya)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
ablative	स्नातात् (snātā́t)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
genitive	स्नातस्य (snātásya)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातानाम् (snātā́nām)
locative	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातेषु (snātéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of स्नाता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्नाता (snātā́)	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नाताः (snātā́ḥ)
vocative	स्नाते (snā́te)	स्नाते (snā́te)	स्नाताः (snā́tāḥ)
accusative	स्नाताम् (snātā́m)	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नाताः (snātā́ḥ)
instrumental	स्नातया (snātáyā) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नाताभिः (snātā́bhiḥ)
dative	स्नातायै (snātā́yai)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नाताभ्यः (snātā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	स्नातायाः (snātā́yāḥ) स्नातायै² (snātā́yai²)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नाताभ्यः (snātā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	स्नातायाः (snātā́yāḥ) स्नातायै² (snātā́yai²)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातानाम् (snātā́nām)
locative	स्नातायाम् (snātā́yām)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातासु (snātā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of स्नात

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्नातम् (snātám)	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नातानि (snātā́ni) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)
vocative	स्नात (snā́ta)	स्नाते (snā́te)	स्नातानि (snā́tāni) स्नाता¹ (snā́tā¹)
accusative	स्नातम् (snātám)	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नातानि (snātā́ni) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)
instrumental	स्नातेन (snāténa)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातैः (snātaíḥ) स्नातेभिः¹ (snātébhiḥ¹)
dative	स्नाताय (snātā́ya)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
ablative	स्नातात् (snātā́t)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
genitive	स्नातस्य (snātásya)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातानाम् (snātā́nām)
locative	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातेषु (snātéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: nahāta, sināta
• Prakrit:

  Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀅 (ṇhāa)

  Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀤 (ṇhāda)

Noun

स्नात • (snātá) stem, m

1. one whose religious study has finished
2. an initiated householder

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्नात

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्नातः (snātáḥ)	स्नातौ (snātaú) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)	स्नाताः (snātā́ḥ) स्नातासः¹ (snātā́saḥ¹)
vocative	स्नात (snā́ta)	स्नातौ (snā́tau) स्नाता¹ (snā́tā¹)	स्नाताः (snā́tāḥ) स्नातासः¹ (snā́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	स्नातम् (snātám)	स्नातौ (snātaú) स्नाता¹ (snātā́¹)	स्नातान् (snātā́n)
instrumental	स्नातेन (snāténa)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातैः (snātaíḥ) स्नातेभिः¹ (snātébhiḥ¹)
dative	स्नाताय (snātā́ya)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
ablative	स्नातात् (snātā́t)	स्नाताभ्याम् (snātā́bhyām)	स्नातेभ्यः (snātébhyaḥ)
genitive	स्नातस्य (snātásya)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातानाम् (snātā́nām)
locative	स्नाते (snāté)	स्नातयोः (snātáyoḥ)	स्नातेषु (snātéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्नात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “स्नात”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “snāta”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snātá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press