स्तन

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • the female breast (either human or animal), teat, dug, udder
  • the nipple (of the female or the male breast)
  • a kind of pin or peg on a vessel shaped like a teat

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *(p)stánas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pstánas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (teat, nipple, breast).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pstḗn

Gloss

teat, nipple, breast

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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