वसन्त

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.sənt̪/, [ʋɐ.sɐ̃n̪t̪]

Noun

वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت‎)

  1. Alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)

Declension

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Nepali

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

वसन्त • (vasanta)

  1. spring (season)

See also
Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category
बसन्त (basanta), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) गर्मी (garmī),
ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”)		 शरद (śarad, “autumn”) हिउँद (hiũd),
शिशिर (śiśir, “winter”)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • vasanta (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • ৰসন্ত (Bengali script)
  • වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝသန္တ or ဝသၼ္တ or ဝသၼ်တ (Burmese script)
  • วสนฺต or วะสันตะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວສນ຺ຕ or ວະສັນຕະ (Lao script)
  • វសន្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वसन्त m

  1. Devanagari script form of vasanta

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
  • ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
  • বসন্ত (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
  • વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਸਨੑਤ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
  • វសន្ត (Khmer script)
  • ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
  • ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
  • വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
  • ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
  • වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • வஸந்த (Tamil script)
  • వసన్త (Telugu script)
  • วสนฺต (Thai script)
  • ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Noun

वसन्त • (vasantá) stem, m

  1. "brilliant (season)"; the spring
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:
      शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्ताञ्छतमु वसन्तान्।
      śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñchatamu vasantān.
      Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.
  2. a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
  3. name of a man (Rājat.)

Declension

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Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kalasha: básond
    • Khowar: [script needed] (bosún)
    • Phalura: basaánd
    • Torwali: [script needed] (basān)
    • Shina: بَزونوࣿ‎/बज़ोनॊ (băzṓnṷ), بَزودوࣿ‎ (băzṓdṷ)
  • Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟‎ (vasaṃta)
  • Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
  • Pali: vasanta
  • Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟‎ (vasaṃta)

Borrowed terms

References
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533
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