शनैस्

See also: शनि, शान, and श्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Originally the instrumental plural of an unattested *शन (śana, quiet, calm, soft), suggested to be either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱEn- or from the same root as Proto-Iranian *san- (to mount, ascend). In the latter case, the Iranian verb is of uncertain origin, and may be borrowed from the BMAC substrate.

Adverb

शनैस् • (śanais)

  1. quietly, softly, gently, gradually, alternately, slowly
    हस्ती शनैः शनैः चलति।
    hastī śanaiḥ śanaiḥ calati.
    The elephant walks slowly.

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शनैस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051/3.
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शनैस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 607-608
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 295
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-332
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