स्तन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্তন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တန် (Burmese script)
• સ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತೝ (Kannada script)
• ស្តន៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്തന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தந் (Tamil script)
• స్తౝ (Telugu script)
• สฺตนฺ (Thai script)
• སྟ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɐn̪/

Root

स्तन् • (stan)

1. to resound, reverberate
2. to thunder
3. to roar

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्तन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्तन्”, 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