हेमन्त

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• hemanta (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
• හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဟေမန္တ or ႁေမၼ္တ or ႁေမၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• เหมนฺต or เหมันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຫມນ຺ຕ or ເຫມັນຕະ (Lao script)
• ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄬𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

हेमन्त m

1. Devanagari script form of hemanta (“winter”)

Declension

Declension table of "हेमन्त" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	हेमन्तो (hemanto)	हेमन्ता (hemantā)
Accusative (second)	हेमन्तं (hemantaṃ)	हेमन्ते (hemante)
Instrumental (third)	हेमन्तेन (hemantena)	हेमन्तेहि (hemantehi) or हेमन्तेभि (hemantebhi)
Dative (fourth)	हेमन्तस्स (hemantassa) or हेमन्ताय (hemantāya) or हेमन्तत्थं (hemantatthaṃ)	हेमन्तानं (hemantānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	हेमन्तस्मा (hemantasmā) or हेमन्तम्हा (hemantamhā) or हेमन्ता (hemantā)	हेमन्तेहि (hemantehi) or हेमन्तेभि (hemantebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	हेमन्तस्स (hemantassa)	हेमन्तानं (hemantānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	हेमन्तस्मिं (hemantasmiṃ) or हेमन्तम्हि (hemantamhi) or हेमन्ते (hemante)	हेमन्तेसु (hemantesu)
Vocative (calling)	हेमन्त (hemanta)	हेमन्ता (hemantā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হেমন্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬾᬫᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰸𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဟေမန္တ (Burmese script)
• હેમન્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਹੇਮਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦩꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂵𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೇಮನ್ತ (Kannada script)
• ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
• ເຫມນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• ഹേമന്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡝᠮᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘹𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠧᠮᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧚𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐾𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ହେମନ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢾꢪꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆼𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖸𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩔𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚲𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹேமந்த (Tamil script)
• హేమన్త (Telugu script)
• เหมนฺต (Thai script)
• ཧེ་མ་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒹𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨄𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaymantás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyméns, from *ǵʰey- (“winter”). Cognate with Latin hībernum (“winter”), Ancient Greek χεῖμᾰ (kheîmă), Persian زمستان (zemestân), Old Armenian ձմեռն (jmeṙn), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊, “winter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐj.mɐn.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦeː.mɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

Noun

हेमन्त • (hemantá) stem, m

1. winter, the cold season
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:

     शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्ताञ् छतम् उ वसन्तान्।

     śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñ chatam u vasantān.

     Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हेमन्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हेमन्तः (hemantáḥ)	हेमन्तौ (hemantaú) हेमन्ता¹ (hemantā́¹)	हेमन्ताः (hemantā́ḥ) हेमन्तासः¹ (hemantā́saḥ¹)
vocative	हेमन्त (hémanta)	हेमन्तौ (hémantau) हेमन्ता¹ (hémantā¹)	हेमन्ताः (hémantāḥ) हेमन्तासः¹ (hémantāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हेमन्तम् (hemantám)	हेमन्तौ (hemantaú) हेमन्ता¹ (hemantā́¹)	हेमन्तान् (hemantā́n)
instrumental	हेमन्तेन (hemanténa)	हेमन्ताभ्याम् (hemantā́bhyām)	हेमन्तैः (hemantaíḥ) हेमन्तेभिः¹ (hemantébhiḥ¹)
dative	हेमन्ताय (hemantā́ya)	हेमन्ताभ्याम् (hemantā́bhyām)	हेमन्तेभ्यः (hemantébhyaḥ)
ablative	हेमन्तात् (hemantā́t)	हेमन्ताभ्याम् (hemantā́bhyām)	हेमन्तेभ्यः (hemantébhyaḥ)
genitive	हेमन्तस्य (hemantásya)	हेमन्तयोः (hemantáyoḥ)	हेमन्तानाम् (hemantā́nām)
locative	हेमन्ते (hemanté)	हेमन्तयोः (hemantáyoḥ)	हेमन्तेषु (hemantéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• हैमन्त (haimantá)

Related terms

• हिम (himá)
• हेमन् (héman)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Phalura: ہیواند (heewaánd)
• Pali: hemanta
  • → Burmese: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman) (learned)
  • → Khmer: ហេមន្ត (heemɑn) (learned)
• Prakrit: 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀁𑀢 (hemaṃta)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: हेवंत (hevant)

  • Romani: ivend
• → Bengali: হেমন্ত (hemôntô) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಹೇಮಂತ (hēmanta) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ഹേമന്തം (hēmantaṁ) (learned)
• → Tamil: ஹேமந்தம் (hēmantam), ஏமந்தம் (ēmantam) (learned)
• → Telugu: హేమంతము (hēmantamu) (learned)
• → Thai: เหมันต์ (hěe-man) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 819-20
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “hemantá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 226