Vesna

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian Весна (Vesna), Ukrainian Весна (Vesna), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vesna

  1. A mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology.
  2. A female given name of Eastern European usage

Translations

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna (spring), deified as a Slavic goddess of spring, birth and renewal.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, morning) and वसन्त (vasantá, spring), Persian بهار (bahâr, spring), Old Armenian գարուն (garun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋêsna/
  • Hyphenation: Ves‧na

Proper noun

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Vȅsna f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏сна)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vesna”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovene

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Proper noun

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Vesna ?

  1. a female given name
  2. (archaic, literary) springtime.