Stan, Shtan, Staṉ: 12 definitions
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Stan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Stan (स्तन्).—1 P., 1 U. (stanati, stanayati, stanita)
1) To sound, make a sound, resound, reverberate.
2) To groan, breathe hard, sigh.
3) To thunder, roar loudly; तस्तनुर्जज्वलुर्मम्लुर्जग्लुर्लुलुठिरे क्षाताः (tastanurjajvalurmamlurjaglurluluṭhire kṣātāḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.3. -With नि (ni)
1) to sound.
2) to sigh.
3) to mourn. -With वि (vi) to roar.
Ṣṭan (ष्टन्).—r. 1st. cl. (stanati) r. 10th cl. (stanayati-te) 1. To sound. 2. To groan, to sigh. 3. To thunder. With ni, 1. To sigh. 2. To bewail; also stan .
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Stan (स्तन्).—r. 1st cl. (stanati) r. 10th cl. (-stanayati-te) 1. To sound, to reverbarate. 2. To groan, to sigh, to breathe hard. 3. To thunder, to roar aloud. With ni, 1. To sigh. 2. To bewail.
Stan (स्तन्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To sound, to sigh. i. 10, To thunder,
— With the prep. ni ni, ṣṭan, 1. To sigh, Mahābhārata 3, 14060. 2. To bewail, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 77, 8.
— Cf. [Icelandic.] stynja; [New High German.] stöhnen; [Latin] tonare (cf. ved. tan + yatu = stanayitnu, thunder), tonitru; A. S. thunor.
Stan (स्तन्).—stanati mostly stanayati, [participle] stanita (q.v.) thunder, roar, sound.
1) Stan (स्तन्):—(cf. √2. tan) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xiii, 18]) stanati (once in [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] -stanase; in [Ṛg-veda 3.] sg. stan and 2. [imperative] stanihi; [perfect tense] tastāna, tastanuḥ [grammar]; [Aorist] astānīt, [Atharva-veda]; [future] stanitā, niṣyati [grammar]),
—to resound, reverberate, roar, thunder, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to utter inarticulate sounds, [Vāsavadattā] :—[Causal] stanayati ([Aorist] atiṣṭanat) idem (stanayati, ‘it thunders’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;—crackle (as fire), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] :—[Desiderative] tistaniṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] taṃstanyate, taṃstanti, [ib.] (2. sg. [imperative] taṃstanīhi See abhi-ṣṭan).
2) cf. [Greek] στένω; [Slavonic or Slavonian] stenja; [Anglo-Saxon] stunian; [German] stöhnen.
Ṣṭan (ष्टन्):—stanati 1. a. To sound.
Stan (स्तन्):—
Stan (स्तन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Thaṇa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Stan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) the female breast; udder; -[cacuka/mukha] teat, nipple; ~[dhara] a mammal; ~[pana] sucking of the (female) breast; ~[payi] a mammal, sucking (babe or otherwise); ~[yukta] mammiferous; —[vale prani] the mammals..—stan (स्तन) is alternatively transliterated as Stana.
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Tamil dictionary
Staṉ (ஸ்தன்) particle < stha. A suffix meaning 'remaining in' or 'owning'; இருப்ப வன் உரியவன் என்னும் பொருள்களிற் சொற்றொட ரிறுதியில் வருஞ் சொல். நாணய ஸ்தன். [iruppa van uriyavan ennum porulkalir sorroda riruthiyil varugn sol. nanaya sthan.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Stan is another spelling for स्तन [stana].—n. breast;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Tibetan-English dictionary
stan (སྟན) (in Tibetan) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 妙座 [miào zuò]: “marvelous seats”.
2) 座 [zuò]: “seat”.
Tibetan language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+23): Stan-chusounu, Stan-khuvounu, Stan-kyancer, Stan-pilounu, Stan-sunnine-rog, Stana, Stana-cusaunu, Stana-khuvaunu, Stana-kyansara, Stanabala, Stanabandha, Stanabhara, Stanabhava, Stanabhoga, Stanabhuj, Stanabhuja, Stanacucuka, Stanacutti, Stanadatri, Stanadhatri.
Full-text (+187): Abhistan, Nihstan, Itiparastan, Uttiyokastan, Pakastan, Kapatastan, Kulastan, Mukkiyastan, Yauvanastan, Vinaiyastan, Kevalastan, Stana, Stanana, Vinishtan, Vishtan, Nishtan, Stanayitnu, Abhinishtana, Stanita, Abhishtana.
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