वाण
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাণ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
- বাণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါဏ (Burmese script)
- વાણ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಣ (Kannada script)
- វាណ (Khmer script)
- ວາຓ (Lao script)
- വാണ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଵାଣ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
- වාණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
- வாண (Tamil script)
- వాణ (Telugu script)
- วาณ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin.
Müller connects the word to Proto-Iranian *vāna-ka-, reflected in Persian بانگ (bâng, “voice, noise”). However, the Persian term is likely derived from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice, speech”), whence वाच् (vāc, “speech”), while वाण (vāṇa) is not easily derivable from that root.
Turner's attempt to link the word to Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak, say”) is formally unconvincing. Mayrhofer also rejects connections to वण् (vaṇ, “to sound”) and leaves the origin of the latter open.
Alternatively, Kuiper takes the word as a Munda borrowing.
Whether or not the "arrow" meaning is a semantic extension of the "noise" meaning or a phonetic variant of बाण (bāṇa, “arrow”) is uncertain.
Noun
वाण • (vāṇá) stem, m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वाण (vāṇá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाणः vāṇáḥ |
वाणौ / वाणा¹ vāṇaú / vāṇā́¹ |
वाणाः / वाणासः¹ vāṇā́ḥ / vāṇā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वाण vā́ṇa |
वाणौ / वाणा¹ vā́ṇau / vā́ṇā¹ |
वाणाः / वाणासः¹ vā́ṇāḥ / vā́ṇāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वाणम् vāṇám |
वाणौ / वाणा¹ vāṇaú / vāṇā́¹ |
वाणान् vāṇā́n |
| Instrumental | वाणेन vāṇéna |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇā́bhyām |
वाणैः / वाणेभिः¹ vāṇaíḥ / vāṇébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाणाय vāṇā́ya |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇā́bhyām |
वाणेभ्यः vāṇébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाणात् vāṇā́t |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇā́bhyām |
वाणेभ्यः vāṇébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाणस्य vāṇásya |
वाणयोः vāṇáyoḥ |
वाणानाम् vāṇā́nām |
| Locative | वाणे vāṇé |
वाणयोः vāṇáyoḥ |
वाणेषु vāṇéṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of वाण (vāṇa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाणम् vāṇam |
वाणे vāṇe |
वाणानि / वाणा¹ vāṇāni / vāṇā¹ |
| Vocative | वाण vāṇa |
वाणे vāṇe |
वाणानि / वाणा¹ vāṇāni / vāṇā¹ |
| Accusative | वाणम् vāṇam |
वाणे vāṇe |
वाणानि / वाणा¹ vāṇāni / vāṇā¹ |
| Instrumental | वाणेन vāṇena |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇābhyām |
वाणैः / वाणेभिः¹ vāṇaiḥ / vāṇebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाणाय vāṇāya |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇābhyām |
वाणेभ्यः vāṇebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाणात् vāṇāt |
वाणाभ्याम् vāṇābhyām |
वाणेभ्यः vāṇebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाणस्य vāṇasya |
वाणयोः vāṇayoḥ |
वाणानाम् vāṇānām |
| Locative | वाणे vāṇe |
वाणयोः vāṇayoḥ |
वाणेषु vāṇeṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Related terms
- वाणी (vā́ṇī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0939/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541
- 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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