वनस्पति

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati).

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) m (Urdu spelling ونسپت)

  1. plant, vegetation
  2. vegetable

Declension

Declension of वनस्पति (masc i-stem)
singular plural
direct वनस्पति
vanaspati 		वनस्पति
vanaspati
oblique वनस्पति
vanaspati 		वनस्पतियों
vanaspatiyõ
vocative वनस्पति
vanaspati 		वनस्पतियो
vanaspatiyo

Synonyms

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of वनस् (vánas, gen.sg. of वन् (ván, “tree, wood”)) +‎ पति (páti, “lord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

वनस्पति • (vánaspáti) stem, m

  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 घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  10. (in the dual) pestle and mortar
  11. nature
  12. vegetation

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of वनस्पति (vánaspáti)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वनस्पतिः
vánaspátiḥ 		वनस्पती
vánaspátī 		वनस्पतयः
vánaspátayaḥ
Vocative वनस्पते
vánaspate 		वनस्पती
vánaspatī 		वनस्पतयः
vánaspatayaḥ
Accusative वनस्पतिम्
vánaspátim 		वनस्पती
vánaspátī 		वनस्पतीन्
vánaspátīn
Instrumental वनस्पतिना / वनस्पत्या¹
vánaspátinā / vánaspátyā¹ 		वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vánaspátibhyām 		वनस्पतिभिः
vánaspátibhiḥ
Dative वनस्पतये
vánaspátaye 		वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vánaspátibhyām 		वनस्पतिभ्यः
vánaspátibhyaḥ
Ablative वनस्पतेः / वनस्पत्यः¹
vánaspáteḥ / vánaspátyaḥ¹ 		वनस्पतिभ्याम्
vánaspátibhyām 		वनस्पतिभ्यः
vánaspátibhyaḥ
Genitive वनस्पतेः / वनस्पत्यः¹
vánaspáteḥ / vánaspátyaḥ¹ 		वनस्पत्योः
vánaspátyoḥ 		वनस्पतीनाम्
vánaspátīnām
Locative वनस्पतौ / वनस्पता¹
vánaspátau / vánaspátā¹ 		वनस्पत्योः
vánaspátyoḥ 		वनस्पतिषु
vánaspátiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, f

  1. name of a गन्धर्वी (gandharvī).(clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, n

  1. name of the वर्ष (varṣa) ruled by Vanaspati.(clarification of this definition is needed)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वनस्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ván-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500
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