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Sanskrit
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)
- to sound
Derived terms
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