वनस्पति

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati).

Noun

वनस्पति (vanaspatim (Urdu spelling ونسپت)

  1. plant, vegetation
  2. vegetable

Declension

Synonyms

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of वनस् (vánas, wood) +‎ पति (páti, lord).

Noun

वनस्पति (vanaspáti) stemm

  1. lord of the wood’, a forest tree (especially a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree)
  2. stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (especially the sacrificial post) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. lord of plants’, the सोम (soma) plant (clarification of this definition is needed)
  4. the Indian fig-tree, Bignonia suaveolens
  5. an offering made to the sacrificial post (clarification of this definition is needed)
  6. anything made of wood (especially particular parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.)
  7. an ascetic
  8. an epithet of Vishnu
  9. name of a son of (clarification of this definition is needed) घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)
  10. (in the dual) pestle and mortar
  11. nature
  12. vegetation

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of वनस्पति (vanaspáti)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वनस्पतिः
vanaspátiḥ
वनस्पती
vanaspátī
वनस्पतयः
vanaspátayaḥ
Vocative वनस्पते
vánaspate
वनस्पती
vánaspatī
वनस्पतयः
vánaspatayaḥ
Accusative वनस्पतिम्
vanaspátim
वनस्पती
vanaspátī
वनस्पतीन्
vanaspátīn
Instrumental वनस्पतिना / वनस्पत्या¹
vanaspátinā / vanaspátyā¹
वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vanaspátibhyām
वनस्पतिभिः
vanaspátibhiḥ
Dative वनस्पतये
vanaspátaye
वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vanaspátibhyām
वनस्पतिभ्यः
vanaspátibhyaḥ
Ablative वनस्पतेः / वनस्पत्यः¹
vanaspáteḥ / vanaspátyaḥ¹
वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vanaspátibhyām
वनस्पतिभ्यः
vanaspátibhyaḥ
Genitive वनस्पतेः / वनस्पत्यः¹
vanaspáteḥ / vanaspátyaḥ¹
वनस्पत्योः
vanaspátyoḥ
वनस्पतीनाम्
vanaspátīnām
Locative वनस्पतौ / वनस्पता¹
vanaspátau / vanaspátā¹
वनस्पत्योः
vanaspátyoḥ
वनस्पतिषु
vanaspátiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899