वन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वन (vána). Doublet of बन (ban).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋən/, [ʋɐ̃n]

Noun

वन • (van) m (Urdu spelling ون)

  1. forest, jungle, woods
    Synonyms: जंगल (jaṅgal), बन (ban)
    यह भयानक वन सैकड़ों किलोमीटर तक फैला था
    yah bhayānak van saikṛõ kilomīṭar tak phailā thā.
    This dreadful forest stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

Declension

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Mewari

Noun

वन (van) m

  1. forest, jungle
  2. desolate wild place

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vána)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʌn]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: बन्

Noun

वन • (van)

  1. forest
    Synonym: जङ्गल (jaṅgal)
  2. garden

Declension

Declension of वन
Singular Plural
nominative वन [bʌn] वनहरू [bʌnɦʌɾu]
accusative वनलाई [bʌnläi] वनहरूलाई [bʌnɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative वनले [bʌnle] वनहरूले [bʌnɦʌɾule]
dative वनलाई [bʌnläi] वनहरूलाई [bʌnɦʌɾuläi]
ablative वनबाट [bʌnnoʈʌ] वनहरूबाट [bʌnɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive वनको [bʌnko] वनहरूको [bʌnɦʌɾuko]
locative वनमा [bʌnmä] वनहरूमा [bʌnɦʌɾumä]
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

  1. वन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Further reading

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “बन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

वन n

  1. Devanagari script form of vana

Declension

Verb

वन

  1. Devanagari script form of vana, imperative active second-person singular of वनति (vanati, to desire)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (tree, wood). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬁 (vanā, tree), Pashto ونه (wëna, tree), Sogdian wn (tree), Middle Persian [script needed] (wan /⁠wn'⁠/, tree).

Pronunciation

Noun

वन • (vána) stem, n

  1. (Vedic) a tree
    Synonym: वृक्ष (vṛkṣa)
  2. a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster
  3. a foreign or distant land
  4. wood, timber
  5. a wooden vessel or barrel (for the soma juice)
  6. a cloud (as the vessel in the sky)
  7. (prob.) the body of a carriage
  8. abode
  9. coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus)
  10. a ray of light
    Synonym: रश्मि (raśmi)
  11. (prob.) longing, earnest desire

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वन (vána)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वनम्
vánam
वने
váne
वनानि / वना¹
vánāni / vánā¹
Vocative वन
vána
वने
váne
वनानि / वना¹
vánāni / vánā¹
Accusative वनम्
vánam
वने
váne
वनानि / वना¹
vánāni / vánā¹
Instrumental वनेन
vánena
वनाभ्याम्
vánābhyām
वनैः / वनेभिः¹
vánaiḥ / vánebhiḥ¹
Dative वनाय
vánāya
वनाभ्याम्
vánābhyām
वनेभ्यः
vánebhyaḥ
Ablative वनात्
vánāt
वनाभ्याम्
vánābhyām
वनेभ्यः
vánebhyaḥ
Genitive वनस्य
vánasya
वनयोः
vánayoḥ
वनानाम्
vánānām
Locative वने
váne
वनयोः
vánayoḥ
वनेषु
váneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡 (vaṇa)
  • Bengali: বন (bon)
  • Malayalam: വനം (vanaṁ)
  • Tamil: வனம் (vaṉam)
  • Kannada: ವನ (vana)
  • Old Javanese: wana
  • Sundanese: ᮝᮔ (wana)
  • Sindhi: वणु sg (vaṇu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500
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