# स्नात
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्नात (snāta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /snɑːt̪/, [snäːt̪]

### Adjective

स्नात • (snāt) (indeclinable) (formal)
* bathed
* versed in

### Noun

स्नात • (snāt) m
* (rare) one whose religious study has finished

#### Declension
### 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

* 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: /snɑː.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪n̪ɑː.t̪ɐ/

### Participle

स्नात • (snātá)
* past participle of स्नाति (snāti)

### Adjective

स्नात • (snātá) stem
* 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.
* (with ablative or in compounds) purified from
* (with locative or in compounds) versed in

#### Descendants

* Pali: nahāta, sināta
* Prakrit:
    Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀅 (ṇhāa)
    Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀤 (ṇhāda)

### Noun

स्नात • (snātá) stem, m
* one whose religious study has finished
* an initiated householder

#### Declension
### 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 (2010-2024) “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