वनिता

Pali

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Alternative forms

vanitā (Latin script)
𑀯𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ৰনিতা (Bengali script)
වනිතා (Sinhalese script)
ဝနိတာ or ဝၼိတႃ (Burmese script)
วนิตา or วะนิตา (Thai script)
ᩅᨶᩥᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ວນິຕາ or ວະນິຕາ (Lao script)
វនិតា (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄚𑄨𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

वनिता f

Devanagari script form of vanitā (“woman”)

Declension

Declension table of "वनिता" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वनिता (vanitā)	वनितायो (vanitāyo) or वनिता (vanitā)
Accusative (second)	वनितं (vanitaṃ)	वनितायो (vanitāyo) or वनिता (vanitā)
Instrumental (third)	वनिताय (vanitāya)	वनिताहि (vanitāhi) or वनिताभि (vanitābhi)
Dative (fourth)	वनिताय (vanitāya)	वनितानं (vanitānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वनिताय (vanitāya)	वनिताहि (vanitāhi) or वनिताभि (vanitābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वनिताय (vanitāya)	वनितानं (vanitānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वनिताय (vanitāya) or वनितायं (vanitāyaṃ)	वनितासु (vanitāsu)
Vocative (calling)	वनिते (vanite)	वनितायो (vanitāyo) or वनिता (vanitā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱনিতা (Assamese script)
ᬯᬦᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
বনিতা (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰡𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဝနိတာ (Burmese script)
વનિતા (Gujarati script)
ਵਨਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦤꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂢𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ವನಿತಾ (Kannada script)
វនិតា (Khmer script)
ວນິຕາ (Lao script)
വനിതാ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᠨᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘡𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᠨᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧁𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐣𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
ଵନିତା (Odia script)
ꢮꢥꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆤𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖡𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
වනිතා (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩯𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚝𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
வநிதா (Tamil script)
వనితా (Telugu script)
วนิตา (Thai script)
ཝ་ནི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒢𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨝𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.ni.tɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.n̪i.t̪ɑː/

Noun

वनिता • (vanitā) stem, f

a loved wife, mistress, any woman (also applied to the female of an animal or bird)
a kind of metre

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वनिता
Nom. sg.	वनिता (vanitā)
Gen. sg.	वनितायाः (vanitāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वनिता (vanitā)	वनिते (vanite)	वनिताः (vanitāḥ)
Vocative	वनिते (vanite)	वनिते (vanite)	वनिताः (vanitāḥ)
Accusative	वनिताम् (vanitām)	वनिते (vanite)	वनिताः (vanitāḥ)
Instrumental	वनितया (vanitayā)	वनिताभ्याम् (vanitābhyām)	वनिताभिः (vanitābhiḥ)
Dative	वनितायै (vanitāyai)	वनिताभ्याम् (vanitābhyām)	वनिताभ्यः (vanitābhyaḥ)
Ablative	वनितायाः (vanitāyāḥ)	वनिताभ्याम् (vanitābhyām)	वनिताभ्यः (vanitābhyaḥ)
Genitive	वनितायाः (vanitāyāḥ)	वनितयोः (vanitayoḥ)	वनितानाम् (vanitānām)
Locative	वनितायाम् (vanitāyām)	वनितयोः (vanitayoḥ)	वनितासु (vanitāsu)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: wanita
→ Malay: wanita
→ Javanese: ꦮꦤꦶꦠ (wanita)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वनिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918/3..

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