# स्नेह
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sneːɦ/, [sneːʱ]

### Noun

स्नेह • (sneh) m
* affection

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sneha (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* স্নেহ (Bengali script)
* ස‍්නෙහ (Sinhalese script)
* သ္နေဟ or သ္ၼေႁ or သ်ၼေႁ (Burmese script)
* สฺเนห or สเนหะ (Thai script)
* ᩈ᩠ᨶᩮᩉ (Tai Tham script)
* ສ຺ເນຫ or ສເນຫະ (Lao script)
* ស្នេហ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄴𑄚𑄬𑄦 (Chakma script)
* sineha (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀺𑀦𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* सिनेह (Devanagari script)
* সিনেহ (Bengali script)
* සිනෙහ (Sinhalese script)
* သိနေဟ or သိၼေႁ (Burmese script)
* สิเนห or สิเนหะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩥᨶᩮᩉ (Tai Tham script)
* ສິເນຫ or ສິເນຫະ (Lao script)
* សិនេហ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄨𑄚𑄬𑄦 (Chakma script)

### Noun

स्नेह m
* Devanagari script form of sneha (“affection; oil”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* স্নেহ (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬦᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
* স্নেহ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* သ္နေဟ (Burmese script)
* સ્નેહ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਨੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦤꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ನೇಹ (Kannada script)
* ស្នេហ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ເນຫ (Lao script)
* സ്നേഹ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠨᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠨᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ନେହ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢥꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්නෙහ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
* ஸ்நேஹ (Tamil script)
* స్నేహ (Telugu script)
* สฺเนห (Thai script)
* སྣེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *snáyźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáyǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Cognate with English snow.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /snɐ́j.ɦɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪n̪eː.ɦɐ/

### Noun

स्नेह • (snéha) stem, m or n (root स्निह्)
* oiliness, unctuousness, fattiness, greasiness, lubricity, viscidity (also as one of the 24 gunas of the vaisheshika branch of the Nyaya philosophy)
* oil, grease, fat, any oleaginous substance, an unguent
* smoothness, glossiness
* blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (locative, genitive, or compound), friendship with (saha)
* moisture
* a fluid of the body
* (in the plural) name of the Vaishyas in Kushadvipa

#### Descendants

* Pali: sinēha
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀦𑁂𑀳 (sineha), 𑀲𑀦𑁂𑀳 (saneha), 𑀦𑁂𑀳 (neha)
** Central:
*** Hindustani: neh, nehā
**** Hindi: नेह, नेहा
**** Urdu: نیہ, نیہا
** Eastern:
*** Assamese: নেহা (neha)
*** Bengali: নেহ (neho)
*** Bihari:
**** Bhojpuri: नेह (nēh)
**** Maithili: नेह (nēh), नेहु (nēhʉ)
** Northern:
*** Kumaoni: नेह (neh)
** Northwestern:
*** Punjabi: nē̃h, nĩh, nehũ, nẽho, nihũ, nehuṛā
    Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਂਹ, ਨਿੰਹ, ਨੇਹੁੰ, ਨੇਂਹੋ, ਨਿਹੁੰ, ਨੇਹੁੜਾ
    Shahmukhi script: نیں٘ہ, نِن٘ہ, نیہُں, نین٘ہو, نِہُں, نیہُڑا
*** Sindhi: nehu, nī˜hu
    Arabic script: نيهُ, نِينهُ
    Devanagari script: नेहु, नींहु
** Southern:
*** Sinhalese: සෙනෙහෙ (senehe), සෙනේ (senē), සිනේ (sinē)
** Western:
*** Gujarati: નેહ (neh), નેડો (neḍo)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Kannada: ಸ್ನೇಹ (snēha)
* → Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (snēhaṁ)
* → Tamil: சினேகம் (ciṉēkam)
* → Telugu: స్నేహము (snēhamu)
* → Thai: เสน่ห์ (sà-nèe)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्नेह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1267.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sneha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press