# हन्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* হন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* হন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဟန် (Burmese script)
* હન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਹਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಹೝ (Kannada script)
* ហន៑ (Khmer script)
* ຫນ຺ (Lao script)
* ഹന് (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ହନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* හන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஹந் (Tamil script)
* హౝ (Telugu script)
* หนฺ (Thai script)
* ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦɐ́n/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɦɐn̪/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰḗn, from the root *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”).

#### Adjective

हन् • (hán) stem
* (at the end of a compound) killing, striking, slaying

##### Derived terms

* तमोहन् (tamohán)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, hit, kill”).

#### Root

हन् • (han)
* to strike, beat
* to kill, slay
* to put to death, execute

##### Derived terms

* हन्ति (hánti, Present)
* हनति (hánati, Present)
* जिघ्नते (jíghnate, Present)
* जिघ्नति (jíghnati, Present)
* हनिष्यति (haniṣyáti, Future)
* हंस्यति (haṃsyáti, Future)
* हन्ता (hantā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अहानीत् (áhānīt, Aorist)
* जघान (jaghā́na, Perfect)
* हन्यते (hanyáte, Passive)
* अघानि (ághāni, Passive Aorist)
* घातयति (ghātáyati, Causative)
* अजीघनत् (ájīghanat, Causative Aorist)
* अजीघतत् (ájīghatat, Causative Aorist)
* जिघांसति (jíghāṃsati, Desiderative)
* जङ्घन्ति (jáṅghanti, Intensive)
* जङ्घन्यते (jaṅghanyate, Intensive)
* जेघ्नीयते (jeghnīyate, Intensive)
* हत (hatá, Past Participle)
* हन्तुम् (hántum, Infinitive)
* हन्तवे (hántave, Infinitive)
* हन्तवै (hantavai, Infinitive)
* हन्तोस् (hántos, Infinitive)
* हनितुम् (hánitum, Infinitive)
* हत्वा (hatvā́, Gerund)
* हत्वी (hatvī́, Gerund)
* हत्वाय (hatvā́ya, Gerund)
* हत्य (hatya, Gerund)
* हन्य (hanya, Gerundive)
* हन्तव्य (hantavya, Gerundive)
* हन्त्व (hantva, Gerundive)
* हननीय (hananīya, Gerundive)
* घात (ghāta)
* हन् (han)
* ह (ha)
* हन (hána)
* घ (gha)
* घन (ghaná)
* घ्न (ghna)
* घ्न्य (ghnya)
* घ्नि (ghni)
* घ्नी (ghnī)
* हनन (hánana)
* हनस् (hanas)
* हनु (hánu)
* हत् (hat)
* हति (hati)
* हत्य (hatya)
* हत्या (hatyā)
* हन्ति (hanti)
* हन्तु (hantu)
* हन्तृ (hantṛ)
* हथ (hátha)
* हत्नु (hatnú)
* हन्मन् (hánman)
* हनीयस् (hánīyas)
* हनिष्ठ (hániṣṭha)
* जघन (jaghána)
* घनाघन (ghanāghaná)
* जघ्नि (jághni)
* जङ्घा (jáṅghā)
* अपहन् (apahan)
* अभिहन् (abhihan)
* अवहन् (avahan)
* आहन् (āhan)
* उद्धन् (uddhan)
* उपहन् (upahan)
* निर्हन् (nirhan)
* निहन् (nihan)
* पराहन् (parāhan)
* प्रहन् (prahan)
* विहन् (vihan)
* संहन् (saṃhan)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “हन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287/2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 202
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 800-1