वसन्त
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Hindi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)
- Alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)
Declension
[edit]Declension of वसन्त (masc cons-stem)
Nepali
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वसन्त • (vasanta)
- spring (season)
See also
[edit]Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category | |||
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बसन्त (basanta), वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”) | गर्मी (garmī), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”) |
शरद (śarad, “autumn”) | हिउँद (hiũd), शिशिर (śiśira, “winter”) |
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]वसन्त m
- Devanagari script form of vasanta
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "वसन्त" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | वसन्तो (vasanto) | वसन्ता (vasantā) |
Accusative (second) | वसन्तं (vasantaṃ) | वसन्ते (vasante) |
Instrumental (third) | वसन्तेन (vasantena) | वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) or वसन्ताय (vasantāya) or वसन्तत्थं (vasantatthaṃ) | वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | वसन्तस्मा (vasantasmā) or वसन्तम्हा (vasantamhā) or वसन्ता (vasantā) | वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) | वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | वसन्तस्मिं (vasantasmiṃ) or वसन्तम्हि (vasantamhi) or वसन्ते (vasante) | वसन्तेसु (vasantesu) |
Vocative (calling) | वसन्त (vasanta) | वसन्ता (vasantā) |
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
- বসন্ত (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
- વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
- វសន្ត (Khmer script)
- ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
- വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
- වසන්ත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- வஸந்த (Tamil script)
- వసన్త (Telugu script)
- วสนฺต (Thai script)
- ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás, from Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s, from *wósr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar), Persian بهار (bahâr), Old Norse vár, Russian весна́ (vesná).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वसन्त • (vasantá) stem, m
- "brilliant (season)"; the spring
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:
- श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पति॑: श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः॥- śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
śatámindrāgnī́ savitā́ bṛ́haspáti: śatā́yuṣā havíṣemáṃ púnarduḥ. - Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.
Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Brhaspati, Savitā yield him for a hundred!
- śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
- श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
- a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
- name of a man (Rājat.)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of वसन्त (vasantá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वसन्तः vasantáḥ |
वसन्तौ / वसन्ता¹ vasantaú / vasantā́¹ |
वसन्ताः / वसन्तासः¹ vasantā́ḥ / vasantā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | वसन्त vásanta |
वसन्तौ / वसन्ता¹ vásantau / vásantā¹ |
वसन्ताः / वसन्तासः¹ vásantāḥ / vásantāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | वसन्तम् vasantám |
वसन्तौ / वसन्ता¹ vasantaú / vasantā́¹ |
वसन्तान् vasantā́n |
Instrumental | वसन्तेन vasanténa |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तैः / वसन्तेभिः¹ vasantaíḥ / vasantébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | वसन्ताय vasantā́ya |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तेभ्यः vasantébhyaḥ |
Ablative | वसन्तात् vasantā́t |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तेभ्यः vasantébhyaḥ |
Genitive | वसन्तस्य vasantásya |
वसन्तयोः vasantáyoḥ |
वसन्तानाम् vasantā́nām |
Locative | वसन्ते vasanté |
वसन्तयोः vasantáyoḥ |
वसन्तेषु vasantéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Dardic:
- Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
- Pali: vasanta
- → Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.)
- Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
Borrowed terms
[edit]- Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto)
- Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto)
- Galician: vassanta
- Gujarati: વસંત (vasant)
- Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
- Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta)
- Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san)
- Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ)
- Marathi: बसन्त (basanta)
- Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant)
- Sinhalese: වසන්ත (wasanta)
- Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam)
- Telugu: వసంతము (vasantamu)
- Thai: วสันต์ (wá-sǎn)
- Urdu: بسنت (basant)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वसन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0930/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533
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