# हेमन्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* হেমন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬾᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* হেমন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰸𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဟေမန် (Burmese script)
* હેમન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਹੇਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦺꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂵𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಹೇಮೝ (Kannada script)
* ហេមន៑ (Khmer script)
* ເຫມນ຺ (Lao script)
* ഹേമന് (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᡝᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘹𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠧᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧚𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐾𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ହେମନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢾꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆼𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖸𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* හෙමන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩔𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚲𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஹேமந் (Tamil script)
* హేమౝ (Telugu script)
* เหมนฺ (Thai script)
* ཧེ་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒹𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨄𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰayman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰi-mén-s (“winter”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦɐ́j.mɐn/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦeː.mɐn̪/

#### Noun

हेमन् • (héman) stem, ?
* winter

##### Usage notes

The word is only used in the locative singular हेमन् (héman, “in the winter”).

##### Derived terms

* हैमन (haimaná)

##### Related terms

* हिम (himá, “cold, frost; snow”)
* हेमन्त (hemantá, “winter”)

##### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: héman
** Khowar: ىومون (yomún)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन् 2.heman”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “héman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 819

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *źʰáyma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyma, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰi-mén-s, from *ǵʰey- (“to drive”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (zaēman).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦɐj.mɐ́n/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦeː.mɐn̪/

#### Noun

हेमन् • (hemán) stem, m (root हि)
* impulse, zeal, driving

##### Declension
#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “hemán-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 819
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “hay”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 224-5

### Etymology 3

Developed from हैम (haima, “covered with snow”) in the sense of "glimmering like snow".

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦeː.mɐn̪/

#### Noun

हेमन् • (heman) stem, n
* gold

##### Related terms

* हेम (hema) (used in compounds)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “हेमन् 3.heman”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1304, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “heman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 543-4