सन्तान santān

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Offspring, children, descendants.
A son or daughter.

Usual translation

  1. child

Origin of the definition

संतान san-tān [S.], f.; m.f. 1. f. offspring, children; descendants. 2. m. f. a son or daughter. — संतानहीन, adj. childless.

S سنتان सन्तान san-tān , s.m. & f. = H سنتانا सन्ताना santānā, s.m. Extension, expansion, spreading; lineage, race, descent, family; offspring, progeny, children; a son or daughter; — one of the five trees of Indra's paradise.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

686 occurrences

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Avyakts

61 occurrences

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Mamma

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Created
Wednesday 3 June 2020
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Tuesday 25 June 2024