संतान
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit संतान (saṃtāna).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sən.t̪ɑːn/, [sɐ̃n̪.t̪ä̃ːn]
Noun
संतान • (santān) f (Urdu spelling سنتان)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संतान santān |
संतानें santānẽ |
| oblique | संतान santān |
संतानों santānõ |
| vocative | संतान santān |
संतानो santāno |
Noun
संतान • (santān) m or f by sense
- a descendant, child
Declension
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संतान santān |
संतान santān |
| oblique | संतान santān |
संतानों santānõ |
| vocative | संतान santān |
संतानो santāno |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संतान santān |
संतानें santānẽ |
| oblique | संतान santān |
संतानों santānõ |
| vocative | संतान santān |
संतानो santāno |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संतान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সংতান (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬂᬢᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- সংতান (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰝𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- သံတာန (Burmese script)
- સંતાન (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਤਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦁꦠꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂁𑂞𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಂತಾನ (Kannada script)
- សំតាន (Khmer script)
- ສໍຕານ (Lao script)
- സംതാന (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘝𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢐᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑦽𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐟𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ସଂତାନ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢀꢡꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆠𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖝𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- සංතාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑪖𑩫𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚫𑚙𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஸஂதாந (Tamil script)
- సంతాన (Telugu script)
- สํตาน (Thai script)
- སཾ་ཏཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒞𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨸𑨙𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From सम् (sam, “together, along with”) + तन् (tan, “to propagate, protract, perform”).
Noun
संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m
- continued succession, continuance, continuity
- an uninterrupted series, continuous flow
- ramification
- a sinew or ligature (of an animal)
- coherence, connection, transition (in recitation &c.)
- a continuous train of thought
Noun
संतान • (saṃtāna) stem, m or n
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “संतान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435,1142,1152.