स्नेह

From Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).

स्नेह • (sneh) m

1. affection

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *snáyźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáyǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Cognate with English snow.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪n̪ɐ́j.ɦɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪n̪eː.ɦɐ/

स्नेह • (snéha) m or n

1. oiliness, unctuousness, fattiness, greasiness, lubricity, viscidity (also as one of the 24 gunas of the vaisheshika branch of the Nyaya philosophy)
2. oil, grease, fat, any oleaginous substance, an unguent
3. smoothness, glossiness
4. blandness, tenderness, love, attachment to, fondness or affection for (locative, genitive, or compound), friendship with (saha)
5. moisture
6. a fluid of the body
7. (in the plural) name of the Vaishyas in Kushadvipa

• Telugu: స్నేహము (snēhamu)
• Thai: เสน่ห์ (sà-nèe)

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्नेह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1267.