सयानापन sayānāpan

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.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Grown up state, cleverness, cunningness.

Usual translation

  1. wisdom

Origin of the definition

पन pan (hindi)

An affix which, added to substantives and adjectives, forms abstract substantives, denoting condition, state, time of life, occupation, &c., and corresponding to the English words which end in '-hood,' '-ship,' '-ness,' &c.

सयाना sayānā saya:nā: (a) grown up; clever; cunning; ~पन grown up state; cleverness, cunningness; —कौवा गू खाता है, कूड़े पर every fox must pay his skin to the furrier; positive men are often in error.

Created
Saturday 5 September 2026
Updated
Saturday 5 September 2026