उपवन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपवन (upavana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.ʋən/, [ʊp.wɐ̃n]

Noun

उपवन • (upvan) m (Urdu spelling اپون)

1. park
2. holt
3. garden

Declension

Declension of उपवन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उपवन upvan	उपवन upvan
oblique	उपवन upvan	उपवनों upvanõ
vocative	उपवन upvan	उपवनो upvano

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उपवन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উপৱন (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬧᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
• উপবন (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဥပဝန (Burmese script)
• ઉપવન (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦥꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂣𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಪವನ (Kannada script)
• ឧបវន (Khmer script)
• ອຸປວນ (Lao script)
• ഉപവന (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଉପଵନ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢦꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
• උපවන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚞𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
• உபவந (Tamil script)
• ఉపవన (Telugu script)
• อุปวน (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of उप- (upa-) +‎ वन (vana, “forest”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.ʋɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

उपवन • (upavana) stem, n

1. garden, grove

   Synonyms: आराम (ārāma), वाटिका (vāṭikā), उद्यान (udyāna)

2. small forest or wood

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of उपवन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उपवनम् (upavanam)	उपवने (upavane)	उपवनानि (upavanāni) उपवना¹ (upavanā¹)
vocative	उपवन (upavana)	उपवने (upavane)	उपवनानि (upavanāni) उपवना¹ (upavanā¹)
accusative	उपवनम् (upavanam)	उपवने (upavane)	उपवनानि (upavanāni) उपवना¹ (upavanā¹)
instrumental	उपवनेन (upavanena)	उपवनाभ्याम् (upavanābhyām)	उपवनैः (upavanaiḥ) उपवनेभिः¹ (upavanebhiḥ¹)
dative	उपवनाय (upavanāya)	उपवनाभ्याम् (upavanābhyām)	उपवनेभ्यः (upavanebhyaḥ)
ablative	उपवनात् (upavanāt)	उपवनाभ्याम् (upavanābhyām)	उपवनेभ्यः (upavanebhyaḥ)
genitive	उपवनस्य (upavanasya)	उपवनयोः (upavanayoḥ)	उपवनानाम् (upavanānām)
locative	उपवने (upavane)	उपवनयोः (upavanayoḥ)	उपवनेषु (upavaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “upavana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.