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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वन ( vána ) . Doublet of बन ( ban ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
वन • (van ) m (Urdu spelling ون )
forest , jungle , woods
Synonyms: जंगल ( jaṅgal ) , बन ( ban )
यह भयानक वन सैकड़ों किलोमीटर तक फैला था ।yah bhayānak van saikṛõ kilomīṭar tak phailā thā. This dreadful forest stretched for hundreds of kilometers.
Declension
Declension of वन (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
वन van
वन van
oblique
वन van
वनों vanõ
vocative
वन van
वनो vano
References
Bahri, Hardev (1989 ) “वन ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary ], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons .
Mewari
Noun
वन (van ) m
forest , jungle
desolate wild place
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वन ( vána ) [ 1] .
Pronunciation
Noun
वन • (van )
forest
Synonym: जङ्गल ( jaṅgal )
garden
Declension
References
^ “वन ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश ( nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś ) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary ] , Kathmandu: Nepal Academy , 2018
Further reading
Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993 ) “बन ”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali , Ratna Sagar
Pali
Alternative scripts
vana ( Latin script ) 𑀯𑀦 ( Brahmi script ) ৰন ( Bengali script ) වන ( Sinhalese script ) ဝန or ဝၼ ( Burmese script ) วน or วะนะ ( Thai script ) ᩅᨶ ( Tai Tham script ) ວນ or ວະນະ ( Lao script ) វន ( Khmer script ) 𑅇𑄚 ( Chakma script )
Noun
वन n
Devanagari script form of vana
Declension
Declension table of "वन" (neuter)
Verb
वन
Devanagari script form of vana , imperative active second-person singular of वनति (vanati , “ to desire ” )
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
ৱন ( Assamese script ) ᬯᬦ ( Balinese script ) বন ( Bengali script ) 𑰪𑰡 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀯𑀦 ( Brahmi script ) ဝန ( Burmese script ) વન ( Gujarati script ) ਵਨ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌵𑌨 ( Grantha script ) ꦮꦤ ( Javanese script ) 𑂫𑂢 ( Kaithi script ) ವನ ( Kannada script ) វន ( Khmer script ) ວນ ( Lao script ) വന ( Malayalam script ) ᠸᠠᠨᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘪𑘡 ( Modi script ) ᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑧊𑧁 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐰𑐣 ( Newa script ) ଵନ ( Odia script ) ꢮꢥ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆮𑆤 ( Sharada script ) 𑖪𑖡 ( Siddham script ) වන ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩾𑩯 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚦𑚝 ( Takri script ) வந ( Tamil script ) వన ( Telugu script ) วน ( Thai script ) ཝ་ན ( Tibetan script ) 𑒫𑒢 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨭𑨝 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- ( “ tree, wood ” ) . Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬁 ( vanā , “ tree ” ) , Pashto ونه ( wëna , “ tree ” ) , Sogdian wn ( “ tree ” ) , Middle Persian ( wan /wn'/ , “ tree ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
वन • (vána ) stem , n
( Vedic ) a tree
Synonym: वृक्ष ( vṛkṣa )
a forest , wood , grove , thicket , quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE ,
Ṛgveda 6.60.10 :
तमी॑ळिष्व॒ यो अ॒र्चिषा॒ वना॒ विश्वा॑ परि॒ष्वज॑त्। कृ॒ष्णा कृ॒णोति॑ जि॒ह्वया॑॥ támīḷiṣva yó arcíṣā vánā víśvā pariṣvájat. kṛṣṇā́ kṛṇóti jihváyā. Glorify that Agni who envelopes all the forests with flame, who blackens them with (his) tongue.
a foreign or distant land
wood , timber
a wooden vessel or barrel (for the soma juice)
a cloud (as the vessel in the sky)
(prob.) the body of a carriage
abode
coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus )
a ray of light
Synonym: रश्मि ( raśmi )
(prob.) longing, earnest desire
Declension
Descendants
Paisaci Prakrit:
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡 ( vaṇa )
Bengali: বন ( bon )
→ Malayalam: വനം ( vanaṁ )
→ Tamil: வனம் ( vaṉam )
→ Kannada: ವನ ( vana )
→ Old Javanese: wana > Javanese: ꦮꦤ ( wana ) ( inherited ) → Balinese: ᬯᬦ ( wana )
→ Sundanese: ᮝᮔ ( wana )
Sindhi: वणु sg ( vaṇu )
References
Monier Williams (1899 ) “वन ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC , page 917/2 .
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996 ) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan ] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500