वाणिज

See also: वणिज्

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vāṇija (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ৰাণিজ (Bengali script)
• වාණිජ (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါဏိဇ or ဝႃꧣိၹ (Burmese script)
• วาณิช or วาณิชะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᨱᩥᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາຓິຊ or ວາຓິຊະ (Lao script)
• វាណិជ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄕𑄨𑄎 (Chakma script)

Noun

वाणिज m

1. Devanagari script form of vāṇija

Declension

Declension table of "वाणिज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वाणिजो (vāṇijo)	वाणिजा (vāṇijā)
Accusative (second)	वाणिजं (vāṇijaṃ)	वाणिजे (vāṇije)
Instrumental (third)	वाणिजेन (vāṇijena)	वाणिजेहि (vāṇijehi) or वाणिजेभि (vāṇijebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वाणिजस्स (vāṇijassa) or वाणिजाय (vāṇijāya) or वाणिजत्थं (vāṇijatthaṃ)	वाणिजानं (vāṇijānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वाणिजस्मा (vāṇijasmā) or वाणिजम्हा (vāṇijamhā) or वाणिजा (vāṇijā)	वाणिजेहि (vāṇijehi) or वाणिजेभि (vāṇijebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वाणिजस्स (vāṇijassa)	वाणिजानं (vāṇijānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वाणिजस्मिं (vāṇijasmiṃ) or वाणिजम्हि (vāṇijamhi) or वाणिजे (vāṇije)	वाणिजेसु (vāṇijesu)
Vocative (calling)	वाणिज (vāṇija)	वाणिजा (vāṇijā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बाणिज (bāṇijá)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাণিজ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬡᬶᬚ (Balinese script)
• বাণিজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰰𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါဏိဇ (Burmese script)
• વાણિજ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਣਿਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌣𑌿𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦟꦶꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂱𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಣಿಜ (Kannada script)
• វាណិជ (Khmer script)
• ວາຓິຊ (Lao script)
• വാണിജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘱𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧒𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐶𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଵାଣିଜ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢠꢶꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆴𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖰𑖕 (Siddham script)
• වාණිජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚮𑚑 (Takri script)
• வாணிஜ (Tamil script)
• వాణిజ (Telugu script)
• วาณิช (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ཎི་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒱𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of वणिज् (vaṇíj, “merchant, trader”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɳi.d͡ʑɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.ɳi.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

वाणिज • (vāṇijá) stem, m

1. merchant; trader
2. (mythology) the submarine fire (supposed to be at the south-pole)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वाणिज (vāṇija)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाणिजः vāṇijaḥ	वाणिजौ / वाणिजा¹ vāṇijau / vāṇijā¹	वाणिजाः / वाणिजासः¹ vāṇijāḥ / vāṇijāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वाणिज vāṇija	वाणिजौ / वाणिजा¹ vāṇijau / vāṇijā¹	वाणिजाः / वाणिजासः¹ vāṇijāḥ / vāṇijāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वाणिजम् vāṇijam	वाणिजौ / वाणिजा¹ vāṇijau / vāṇijā¹	वाणिजान् vāṇijān
Instrumental	वाणिजेन vāṇijena	वाणिजाभ्याम् vāṇijābhyām	वाणिजैः / वाणिजेभिः¹ vāṇijaiḥ / vāṇijebhiḥ¹
Dative	वाणिजाय vāṇijāya	वाणिजाभ्याम् vāṇijābhyām	वाणिजेभ्यः vāṇijebhyaḥ
Ablative	वाणिजात् vāṇijāt	वाणिजाभ्याम् vāṇijābhyām	वाणिजेभ्यः vāṇijebhyaḥ
Genitive	वाणिजस्य vāṇijasya	वाणिजयोः vāṇijayoḥ	वाणिजानाम् vāṇijānām
Locative	वाणिजे vāṇije	वाणिजयोः vāṇijayoḥ	वाणिजेषु vāṇijeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: वोञु॒ (wōñu॒), वाञुरु॒ (wāñuru॒)
• Pali: vāṇija, vāṇijaka
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀅 (vāṇia), 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀬 (vāṇiaya)
  • Bengali: বানিয়া (baniẏa), বেনে (bene)
  • Konkani: वाणि (vāṇi)
  • Old Gujarati: वाणीउ (vāṇīu), वाणीडु (vāṇīḍu)
    • Gujarati: વાણિયો (vāṇiyo)
      • → Arabic: بَنِيَان (baniyān)
        • → Portuguese: baniano, baniane
          • → English: banyan
        • → Spanish: baniano
        • → Swahili: baniani
  • Marathi: वाणी (vāṇī)
  • Marwari: 𑅪𑅐𑅧𑅢𑅛õ (banṇjõ)
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਨਿਆ (bāniā)
  • Sinhalese: වේණඳ (wēṇaⁿda), වේණේඳ (wēṇēⁿda), වේණද (wēṇada), වේඏඅඳ (wēl̥aⁿda), වේඏඒඳ (wēl̥ēⁿda)
  • Sindhi: 𑋛𑋠𑋌𑋪𑋘𑋠𑋌𑋢 (vāṇyāṇī), 𑋛𑋠𑋅𑋠𑋌𑋢 (vāñāṇī)
  • Urdu: بنيان (baniyān, “vest, undershirt”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाणिज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0939.