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सोना

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सोना¹

  • /soː.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
  • [soː.näː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡 (soṇṇa), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), from सुवर्ण (suvarṇa). Cognate with Marathi सोने (sone), Punjabi ਸੋਨਾ (sonā), Nepali सुन (suna), Gujarati સોનું (sonũ), Odia ସୁନା (sunā), Bengali সোনা (śōna), Assamese সোণ (xün).

noun sonā · سونا · सोना · सोने · सोनों

  1. masculine gold सोना प्रायः खान से खोदकर निकाला जाता है।

    Similar: सोना, स्वर्ण, कनक, हेम, हिरण्य, हाटक, कंचन, कलधौत

सोना²

  • /soː.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
  • [soː.näː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Hindi verb set

सोना (sonā)

सुलाना (sulānā)

सुलवाना (sulvānā)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swep-

Proto-Indo-European *swép-t

Vedic Sanskrit स्व॒पन् (svapán)bf.?

Sanskrit स्वपि॑ति (svápiti)

Prakrit सुअइ (suaï)

Prakrit सोअइ (soaï)

Hindi सोना

Inherited from Prakrit सोअइ (soaï, “sleeps”). See there for more. Related to सुतना (sutnā, “to sleep”) and सपना (sapnā, “dream”). Cognate with Bengali শোয়া (śōẇa), Odia ସୋଇବା (soibā), Punjabi ਸੌਣਾ (sauṇā), and Romani sovel.

verb sonā · سونا · सो · सोना · सोने · सोकर

  1. intransitive to sleep सो जाना
  2. intransitive to repose
  3. euphemistic, intransitive to die

In English

  • gold element Au
  • sleep to rest in state of reduced consciousness

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"सोना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

सोना. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

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"सोना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {सोना},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}