śván m. (nom. sg. du. pl. śvā, śvānau, śvānas; weakest base śun cf. 2. śuna &c., p. 1082; in some comp. śvā for śva cf. below), a dog, hound, cur, [RV.]; &c.
[cf. Zd. spā; Gk. κύων; Lat. canis; Lit. szů́; Goth. hunds; Eng. hound; Germ. Hund.]
(prob. fr. √ śvi) in ṛjí-, durgṛ́bhi-, and mātarí-śvan, qq.vv.