savana

• IPA^(key): [ˈsavana]

savana f

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

• “savanna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “savana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “savana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Taíno [Term?].

savana f (plural savane)

1. savanna

• ansava, sanava

Derived from Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa, “hearing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

savana n^[1][2]

1. hearing,^[1][2] listening
   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.

2. ear^[1][2]

→ Thai: สวน (sà-wá-ná-), “listening”)

Derived from Sanskrit स्रवण (sravaṇa, “flowing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su +‎ -ana.

savana n^[1][2]

1. flowing^[1][2]

Borrowed from Spanish sabana.^[1][2]

• Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

savana f (plural savanas)

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

• IPA^(key): /saʋǎna/
• Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na

savàna f (Cyrillic spelling сава̀на)

1. savanna

Borrowed from English savanna.

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savana class IX (plural savana class X)

1. savanna