asnāyi

farsça آشنايى 1.dostluk. 2.bilme, haberdarlık.

snā

snā́ti cl. 4. P. Nir. VII, 12 snāyati (ep. alsoﾠ Ā. snāyate Pot. snāyāt;
ep. alsoﾠ snāyīta;
pf. sasnau, 3. pl. sasnuḥ MBh. BhP. ;
fut. snātā Gr.;
snāsyati, - te MBh. etc.;
aor. asnāsīt Gr.;
Prec. snāyāt <cf. above> orﾠ sneyāt ib. ;
inf. snātum Br. etc.;
ind. p. snātvā́, -snā́ya RV. etc.;
Ved. alsoﾠ snātvī Pāṇ. 7-1, 49),
to bathe, perform the ceremony of bathing orﾠ certain prescribed oblations (esp. on returning home from the house of a religious preceptor, orﾠ on concluding certain vows etc., alsoﾠ with avabhṛitham) RV. etc. etc.;
to smear one's self with (instr.) Sarvad.:
Pass. snāyate (aor. asnāyi impers.) Rājat.:
Caus. snāpáyati orﾠ snapáyati, with prep. only snāp-), to cause to bathe, wash, cleanse AV. etc. etc.;
to wash away AV. X, 1, 9 ;
to steep orﾠ soak in (loc.) Bhpr. ;
to bathe with tears, weep for(?) MW.:
Desid. sisnāsati Pāṇ. 8-3, 61 (but cf. sishṇāsu):
Intens. sāsnāyate, sāsnāti, sāsneti
+ Gr. cf. Gk. νάω, νᾶμα;
Lat. nare
2) ( orﾠ shṇā) mfn. bathing, bathed orﾠ immersed in (cf. ghṛita-, su-snā etc.)