वण्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • बण् (baṇ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ৱণ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬯᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • বণ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဝဏ် (Burmese script)
  • વણ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਣ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌵𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦮꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂫𑂝𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ವಣ್ (Kannada script)
  • វណ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ວຓ຺ (Lao script)
  • വണ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠸᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘪𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧊𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵଣ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • වණ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩾𑩪 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚦𑚘𑚶 (Takri script)
  • வண் (Tamil script)
  • వణ్ (Telugu script)
  • วณฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝ་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨭𑨘𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Has been compared to वाण (vāṇa, “sound, music”). However, Mayrhofer rejects this comparison, and leaves the origin open.

Pronunciation

Root

वण् • (vaṇ)

  1. to sound

Derived terms
  • अववाणत् (avavāṇat)
  • अवीवणत् (avīvaṇat)
  • वणति (vaṇati)
  • ववाण (vavāṇa)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “वण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 130; 184
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