# सन
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sən/, [sɐ̃n]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀡 (saṇa), from Sanskrit शण (śaṇá, “a kind of hemp”).

#### Noun

सन • (san) m
* flax

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀡 (saṇa), from Sanskrit स्वन (svaná, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”). Likely influenced by onomatopoeia in all senses, and सन्न (sann) in the figurative senses. Related to English sound and Spanish sonar.

#### Noun

सन • (san) f (Urdu spelling سن)
* a vibrant and insistent sound, whizzing, whistling, jingling
* (figurative) thrill (of delight)
* (figurative) darting pain (as of a boil)

##### Related terms

* सनक (sanak)
* सनकना (sanaknā)
* सनकी (sankī)
* सनकीपन (sankīpan)
* सनसन (sansan)
* सनसनाना (sanasnānā)
* सनसनाहट (sanasnāhaṭ)
* सनसनी (sansanī)
* सनसनीख़ेज़ (sansanīxez)
* सनसनीदार (sansanīdār)

#### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “svaná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সন (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
* সন (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* သန (Burmese script)
* સન (Gujarati script)
* ਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಸನ (Kannada script)
* សន (Khmer script)
* ສນ (Lao script)
* സന (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
* ସନ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
* සන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஸந (Tamil script)
* సన (Telugu script)
* สน (Thai script)
* ས་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ́.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

* PIE word
* *sénos
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sánas, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos), Old Armenian հին (hin), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs), Lithuanian sẽnas, Latvian sens, and Latin senex (whence English senex).

#### Adjective

सन • (sána) stem (comparative सन्यस्)
* old, ancient
* long-lasting

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* सनक (sanaká)
* सनज (sanaja)
* सनय (sánaya, sanáya)
* सना (sánā)
* सनातन (sanātána)
* सनात् (sanā́t)

### Etymology 2

From the root सन् (san). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνύω (anúō, “cause, accomplish”), the source of authentic (see αὐθέντης (authéntēs)).

#### Noun

सन • (sana) stem, m
* gain, acquisition
* presenting, offering

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

सन • (sana) stem, m
* the flapping of an elephant's ears (L.)
* (botany) Bignonia suaveolens or Terminalia tomentosa (L.)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1140/3, 1141/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sána-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 695