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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pávana).
Pronunciation
Noun
पवन • (pavan) m (Urdu spelling پون)
- air, breeze, wind
- Synonyms: वायु (vāyu), अनिल (anil), समीर (samīr), हवा (havā)
- पवन-चक्की टूट गई है। ― pavan-cakkī ṭūṭ gaī hai. ― The windmill is broken.
Declension
Declension of पवन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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पवन
pavan
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पवन
pavan
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पवन
pavan
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पवनों
pavanõ
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| vocative
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पवन
pavan
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पवनो
pavano
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References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “पवन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- পৱন (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
- পবন (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ပဝန (Burmese script)
- પવન (Gujarati script)
- ਪਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಪವನ (Kannada script)
- បវន (Khmer script)
- ປວນ (Lao script)
- പവന (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
- ପଵନ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
- පවන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
- பவந (Tamil script)
- పవన (Telugu script)
- ปวน (Thai script)
- པ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pawHanas, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-e-nos, from *pewH- (“to be pure, clean”).
Noun
पवन • (pávana) stem, m
- "purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air
- vital air, breath
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pavana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.