वरुण

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɾʊɳ/,

वरुण • (varuṇ) m

1. Varuna (Hindu deity associated with water)
2. name for the island of Borneo
3. (neologism) Neptune

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwárunas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwárunas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wér-u-nos, from *h₁wer- (“broad”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɾu.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.ɾu.ɳɐ/

वरुण • (váruṇa) stem, m

1. Varuna
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.25.1:

     यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ विशो॑ यथा॒ प्र दे॑व वरुण व्र॒तम्।
     मि॒नी॒मसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि॥

     yácciddhí te víśo yathā prá deva varuṇa vratám.
     minīmási dyávidyavi.

     In as much as all people commit errors, so do we, divine Varuṇa, daily disfigure your worship by imperfections.

वरुण • (váruṇa) stem, m

1. ocean
2. water
3. sun
4. name of the island of Borneo
5. a warder off or dispeller
6. name of a particular magical formula recited over weapons
7. a tree of species Crateva adansonii ( <= Crataeva Roxburghii)
8. (in the plural) the gods generally