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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī). Doublet of बनारस (banāras).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
वाराणसी • (vārāṇsī) f (Urdu spelling وارانسی)
- Varanasi, Benares (a city in India)
- Synonym: बनारस (banāras)
Declension
Declension of वाराणसी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
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वाराणसी
vārāṇsī
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वाराणसी
vārāṇsī
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वाराणसी
vārāṇsī
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Sanskrit
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
वाराणसी • (vārāṇasī) stem, f
- Varanasi, a city in India. Accord. to JābālUp. so called after the names of two rivers, वरणा and असि, or असी; also written वाणारसी q.v., वराणसी or वारणसी MBh. Kāv. &c.