See also: सन

Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana). Also influenced by Sanskrit सन् (san, of an era).

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Noun

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सन् (sanm (Urdu spelling سن)

  1. year
    Synonyms: वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)
  2. era
    ईसवी सन्īsvī sanChristian era; AD

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Pali

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सन् m

  1. Devanagari script form of san

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- (to seek, accomplish, work on, succeed). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνύω (anúō, cause, accomplish), the source of English authentic (see αὐθέντης (authéntēs)), as well as Hittite [script needed] (sanh-, to intend; to strive for; to seek).

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Root

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सन् (san)

  1. to gain, acquire, obtain as a gift, possess, enjoy
  2. to gain for another, procure, bestow, give, distribute
  3. to be successful, be granted or fulfilled
  4. to wish, to acquire or obtain
  5. to wish to procure or bestow
  6. to gain or acquire repeatedly

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “सन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1140.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 183
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सन्”, 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) “सन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 696-697