फेन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ফেন (Assamese script)
  • ᬨᬾᬦ (Balinese script)
  • ফেন (Bengali script)
  • 𑰣𑰸𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀨𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • ဖေန (Burmese script)
  • ફેન (Gujarati script)
  • ਫੇਨ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌫𑍇𑌨 (Grantha script)
  • ꦦꦺꦤ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂤𑂵𑂢 (Kaithi script)
  • ಫೇನ (Kannada script)
  • ផេន (Khmer script)
  • ເຜນ (Lao script)
  • ഫേന (Malayalam script)
  • ᡦᡝᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘣𑘹𑘡 (Modi script)
  • ᠹᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧃𑧚𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐦𑐾𑐣 (Newa script)
  • ଫେନ (Odia script)
  • ꢧꢾꢥ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆦𑆼𑆤 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖣𑖸𑖡 (Siddham script)
  • ඵෙන (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩱𑩔𑩯 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚟𑚲𑚝 (Takri script)
  • பே²ந (Tamil script)
  • ఫేన (Telugu script)
  • เผน (Thai script)
  • ཕེ་ན (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒤𑒹𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨟𑨄𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pHóy-nh₂-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with Lithuanian spáinė, Russian пе́на (péna), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), spuma (“froth”), Old English fām (whence English foam).

Pronunciation

Noun

फेन • (phéna) stem, m or n

  1. foam, froth, scum
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.14.13:
      अपां फेनेन नमुचेः शिर इन्द्रोदवर्तयः ।
      apāṃ phenena namuceḥ śira indrodavartayaḥ .
      With waters' foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuci
  2. moisture of the lips, saliva
  3. white cuttlefish bone, supposed to be indurated foam of the sea

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of फेन (phéna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative फेनः
phénaḥ		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनाः / फेनासः¹
phénāḥ / phénāsaḥ¹
Vocative फेन
phéna		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनाः / फेनासः¹
phénāḥ / phénāsaḥ¹
Accusative फेनम्
phénam		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनान्
phénān
Instrumental फेनेन
phénena		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनैः / फेनेभिः¹
phénaiḥ / phénebhiḥ¹
Dative फेनाय
phénāya		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Ablative फेनात्
phénāt		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Genitive फेनस्य
phénasya		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनानाम्
phénānām
Locative फेने
phéne		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनेषु
phéneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Neuter a-stem declension of फेन (phéna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative फेनम्
phénam		 फेने
phéne		 फेनानि / फेना¹
phénāni / phénā¹
Vocative फेन
phéna		 फेने
phéne		 फेनानि / फेना¹
phénāni / phénā¹
Accusative फेनम्
phénam		 फेने
phéne		 फेनानि / फेना¹
phénāni / phénā¹
Instrumental फेनेन
phénena		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनैः / फेनेभिः¹
phénaiḥ / phénebhiḥ¹
Dative फेनाय
phénāya		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Ablative फेनात्
phénāt		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Genitive फेनस्य
phénasya		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनानाम्
phénānām
Locative फेने
phéne		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनेषु
phéneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Proper noun

फेन • (phéna) stem, m

  1. name of a man

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of फेन (phéna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative फेनः
phénaḥ		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनाः / फेनासः¹
phénāḥ / phénāsaḥ¹
Vocative फेन
phéna		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनाः / फेनासः¹
phénāḥ / phénāsaḥ¹
Accusative फेनम्
phénam		 फेनौ / फेना¹
phénau / phénā¹		 फेनान्
phénān
Instrumental फेनेन
phénena		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनैः / फेनेभिः¹
phénaiḥ / phénebhiḥ¹
Dative फेनाय
phénāya		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Ablative फेनात्
phénāt		 फेनाभ्याम्
phénābhyām		 फेनेभ्यः
phénebhyaḥ
Genitive फेनस्य
phénasya		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनानाम्
phénānām
Locative फेने
phéne		 फेनयोः
phénayoḥ		 फेनेषु
phéneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: pheṇa
  • Dardic:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • → Tamil: பேனம் (pēṉam)
  • → Malayalam: ഫേനം (phēnaṁ)

Further reading
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “phena”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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