सावधान

See also: संविधान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सावधान (sāvadhāna).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑːʋ.d̪ʱɑːn/, [s̪äːʋ.d̪ʱä̃ːn̪]

Adjective

सावधान • (sāvdhān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ساودھان‎)

Interjection

सावधान • (sāvdhān) (Urdu spelling ساودھان‎)

caution!
take care!

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सावधान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬲᬵᬯᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
সাৱধান (Assamese script)
সাবধান (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰯𑰪𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
𑌸𑌾𑌵𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
સાવધાન (Gujarati script)
ਸਾਵਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦱꦴꦮꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
សាវធាន (Khmer script)
ಸಾವಧಾನ (Kannada script)
ສາວຘານ (Lao script)
സാവധാന (Malayalam script)
𑘭𑘰𑘪𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᢗᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
သာဝဓာန (Burmese script)
𑧍𑧑𑧊𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐵𑐰𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
ସାଵଧାନ (Odia script)
ꢱꢵꢮꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆳𑆮𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖯𑖪𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
සාවධාන (Sinhalese script)
సావధాన (Telugu script)
สาวธาน (Thai script)
སཱ་ཝ་དྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒰𑒫𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From स- (sa-, “with”) +‎ अवधान (avadhāna, “attention”). The latter word itself faced semantic expansion, originally meaning "placing down or away", and is composed of अव- (ava-, “away, down”) +‎ धा (dhā, “to put, place”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ʋɐ.dʱɑː.nɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.ʋɐˈd̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

Adjective

सावधान • (sāvadhāna)

careful
cautious
attentive
heedful, mindful
with an attentive mind
intent upon doing anything

Descendants

Bengali: সাবধান (śabodhan)
Gujarati: સાવધાન (sāvdhān)
Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān)
Marathi: सावध (sāvadh)
Urdu: ساودھان‎ (sāvdhān)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सावधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1211/1.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “सावधान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan

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