# स्ना
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* স্না (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
* স্না (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သ္နာ (Burmese script)
* સ્ના (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
* ស្នា (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ນາ (Lao script)
* സ്നാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ନା (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්නා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸ்நா (Tamil script)
* స్నా (Telugu script)
* สฺนา (Thai script)
* སྣཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “swim”), Proto-Italic *snāō.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /snɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪n̪ɑː/

### Root

स्ना • (snā)
* to bathe, wash

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* स्नाति (snā́ti, Present)
* स्नायति (snāyati, Present)
* स्नास्यति (snāsyáti, Future)
* स्नाता (snātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अस्नासीत् (ásnāsīt, Aorist)
* स्नायात् (snāyā́t, Benedictive)
* स्नेयात् (sneyā́t, Benedictive)
* सस्नौ (sasnáu, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* स्नायते (snāyáte, Passive)
* अस्नायि (ásnāyi, Passive Aorist)
* स्नापयति (snāpáyati, Causative)
* स्नपयति (snapáyati, Causative)
* सिस्नासति (sisnāsati, Desiderative)
* सास्नायते (sāsnāyate, Intensive)
* सास्नाति (sāsnāti, Intensive)
* सास्नेति (sāsneti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* स्नात (snātá, Past Participle)
* स्नातुम् (snātum, Infinitive)
* स्नात्वा (snātvā́, Gerund)
* स्नाय (snā́ya, Gerund)
* स्नेय (snéya, Gerundive)
* स्नातव्य (snātavya, Gerundive)
* स्नानीय (snānīya, Gerundive)
* स्नात्व (snā́tva, Gerundive)
* सिष्णासु (siṣṇāsu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* स्नपन (snápana)
* स्नातृ (snātṛ)
* स्नान (snāna)
* स्नापक (snāpaka)
* स्नापन (snāpana)
* स्नायिन् (snāyin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* उत्स्ना (utsnā)
* निष्णा (niṣṇā)
* प्रस्ना (prasnā)
* संस्ना (saṃsnā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1266, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्ना”, 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
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्ना”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “snā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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