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वन्

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Etymology 1

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Often seen as conflation of Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to conquer, win”) and Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love, wish”),[1][2][3][4] but whether there really was a semantic difference between the aniṭ- and seṭ-forms is doubtful.[5] Cognate with Latin venus, venēnum whence English venom, Latin venia, veneror (“venerate”); English wish, win, wean, wont, wonder.

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Verb

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वन् • (van)

  1. to like, love, wish, desire
  2. to gain, acquire, procure, obtain
  3. to conquer, to win
  4. to take aim at
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Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वन् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वन् (2 c, 0 e)
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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAN”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 499
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VANI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 501
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯en- 'überwaltigen, gewinnen'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 680-681
  4. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯enH- 'liebgewinnen'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 682-683
  5. ^ Mucciarelli, E. (2014), Changes in the Semantics between the R̥gveda Saṃhitā and the Brāhamaṇas (Doctoral dissertation, Universität Tübingen), page 166.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (“tree, wood”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬁 (vanā, “tree”), Pashto ونه (wëna, “tree”), Sogdian [script needed] (wn, “tree”), Middle Persian [script needed] (wn' /⁠wan⁠/, “tree”). Related to वन (vána).

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Noun

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वन् • (ván) stem, ?

  1. tree, wood, wooden vessel
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.35:
      इष॒मूर्जं॑ पवमाना॒भ्य॑र्षसि श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदसि।
      इन्द्रा॑य॒ मद्वा॒ मद्यो॒ मद॑: सु॒तो दि॒वो वि॑ष्ट॒म्भ उ॑प॒मो वि॑चक्ष॒णः॥
      íṣamū́rjaṃ pavamānābhyàrṣasi śyenó ná váṃsu kaláśeṣu sīdasi.
      índrāya mádvā mádyo máda: sutó divó viṣṭambhá upamó vicakṣaṇáḥ.
      You, Pavamāna, send food and power in streams, you sit in the beakers as a hawk on trees, for Indra poured as cheering juice to make him glad, as nearest and farseeing bearer-up of heaven.
Declension
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Declension of वन्
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative - - -
Vocative - - -
Accusative - - -
Instrumental वना (vanā́) - -
Dative - - -
Ablative - - -
Genitive - - वनाम् (vanā́m)
Locative - - वंसु (váṃsu)
Descendants
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  • Sindhi: वणु sg (vaṇu, “tree”)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ván-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500
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