छद्मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ছদ্মন্ (Assamese script)
ᬙᬤ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
ছদ্মন্ (Bengali script)
𑰔𑰟𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀙𑀤𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဆဒ္မန် (Burmese script)
છદ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
ਛਦ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌛𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦖꦢ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂓𑂠𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಛದ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
ឆទ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
ຉທ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
ഛദ്മന് (Malayalam script)
ᡮᠠᡩᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘔𑘟𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠼᠠᢑᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦴𑦿𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐕𑐡𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଛଦ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢘꢣ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆗𑆢𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖔𑖟𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඡද‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩢𑩭 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚐𑚛𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
ச²த்³மந் (Tamil script)
ఛద్మౝ (Telugu script)
ฉทฺมนฺ (Thai script)
ཚ་དྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒕𑒠𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨤𑨛𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *šćádma (stem *šćádman-), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱéd-mn̥ (“one that covers”), from *sḱed- or *sked- (“to cover”). Equivalent to छद् (chad, “to cover”) +‎ -मन् (-man).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ́d.mɐn/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐd̪.mɐn̪/

Noun

छद्मन् • (chádman) stem, n

a roof
external covering, deceptive dress, disguise, pretext, pretence, deceit, fraud
(drama) deceitful, intelligence or tidings

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of छद्मन् (chádman)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Vocative	छद्मन् / छद्म chádman / chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Accusative	छद्म chádma	छद्मनी chádmanī	छद्मानि / छद्म¹ / छद्मा¹ chádmāni / chádma¹ / chádmā¹
Instrumental	छद्मना chádmanā	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभिः chádmabhiḥ
Dative	छद्मने chádmane	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Ablative	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मभ्याम् chádmabhyām	छद्मभ्यः chádmabhyaḥ
Genitive	छद्मनः chádmanaḥ	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मनाम् chádmanām
Locative	छद्मनि / छद्मन्¹ chádmani / chádman¹	छद्मनोः chádmanoḥ	छद्मसु chádmasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

छद्म (chadma)

Descendants

Bengali: ছাদ (chad)
→ Hindi: छद्म (chadma)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “छद्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404.

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