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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱস্ন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
- বস্ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသ္န (Burmese script)
- વસ્ન (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸ್ನ (Kannada script)
- វស្ន (Khmer script)
- ວສ຺ນ (Lao script)
- വസ്ന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵସ୍ନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වස්න (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
- வஸ்ந (Tamil script)
- వస్న (Telugu script)
- วสฺน (Thai script)
- ཝ་སྣ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasnám, from Proto-Indo-European *wos-nó-, from *wes- (“to trade, sell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos, “price”) and Latin vēndere (“to sell”). Also related to Persian بازار (bâzâr, “market”).
Pronunciation
Noun
वस्न • (vasná) stem, n
- price, value
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 4.24.22:
- भूयसा वस्नम्अचरत्कनीयो...
- bhūyasā vasnamacaratkanīyo...
- He bid a small price for a thing of high value...
c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Atharvaveda 12.2.36:
- यत्कृषते यद्वनुते यच्च वस्नेन विन्दते ।
सर्वं मर्त्यस्य तन् नास्ति क्रव्याच्चेदनिराहितः ॥- yatkṛṣate yadvanute yacca vasnena vindate.
sarvaṃ martyasya tan nāsti kravyāccedanirāhitaḥ. - Whatever man acquires by farming, by winning in war, and all that he obtains for a price
He loses all if the Carnivorous Fire is not set aside
Declension
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