વહાણું

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• વાણું (vāṇũ)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati विहानउ (vihānaü), from Old Gujarati विहाणइ (vihāṇaï), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀦𑀁 (vibhāyanaṃ), from Sanskrit *विभान (vibhāna). Cognate with Assamese বিহান (bihan), Bengali বিহান (bihan), Nepali बियान (biyān), and Sindhi وِهاڻيِ (vihāṇī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋə.ɦɑ.ɳũ/
• Rhymes: -ũ

Noun

વહાણું • (vahāṇũ) n

1. dawn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:સવાર

Declension

Declension of વહાણું
	Singular	Plural
nominative	વહાણું (vahāṇũ)	વહાણાં (vahāṇā̃), વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃o)
oblique	વહાણા (vahāṇā)	વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃o)
vocative	વહાણા (vahāṇā)	વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃o)
instrumental	વહાણે (vahāṇe)	વહાણાંએ (vahāṇā̃e)
locative	વહાણે (vahāṇe)	વહાણે (vahāṇe)

Further reading

• जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “વહાણું”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vibhāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 686