पर्वन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *pérwr̥, from *per- + *-wr̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्व॑न् • (párvan) stemn

  1. joint, limb (RV., etc.)
  2. knot, particularly of reeds
  3. division, section (ŚBr., MBh., etc.)
  4. step of a stairway (Ragh.)
  5. (grammar) member of a compound (Prāt., Nir.)
  6. period of time (RV., VS., ŚBr., GṛŚrS., etc.)
  7. Cāturmāsya (ŚBr.)
  8. the full, new, and half moons (GṛŚrS., Mn., MBh., etc.)
  9. sacrifice carried out at the full, new, or half moon (R.)
  10. the day the moon passes through a lunar node (Var., Sūryas., MBh., etc.)
  11. moment the sun entires a new sign (W.)
  12. any period of the year (W.)
  13. half-month (MBh.)
  14. day (BhP.)
  15. holiday (W.)
  16. opportunity (W.)
  17. moment (W.)

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of पर्व॑न्
singular dual plural
nominative पर्व॑ (párva)
परु॑र्¹ (párur¹)
पर्व॑णी (párvaṇī) पर्वा॑णि (párvāṇi)
पर्व॑¹ (párva¹)
पर्वा॑¹ (párvā¹)
accusative पर्व॑ (párva)
परु॑र्¹ (párur¹)
पर्व॑णी (párvaṇī) पर्वा॑णि (párvāṇi)
पर्व॑¹ (párva¹)
पर्वा॑¹ (párvā¹)
instrumental पर्व॑णा (párvaṇā) पर्व॑भ्याम् (párvabhyām) पर्व॑भिः (párvabhiḥ)
dative पर्व॑णे (párvaṇe) पर्व॑भ्याम् (párvabhyām) पर्व॑भ्यः (párvabhyaḥ)
ablative पर्व॑णः (párvaṇaḥ) पर्व॑भ्याम् (párvabhyām) पर्व॑भ्यः (párvabhyaḥ)
genitive पर्व॑णः (párvaṇaḥ) पर्व॑णोः (párvaṇoḥ) पर्व॑णाम् (párvaṇām)
locative पर्व॑णि (párvaṇi)
पर्व॑न्¹ (párvan¹)
पर्व॑णोः (párvaṇoḥ) पर्व॑सु (párvasu)
vocative पर्व॑न् (párvan)
पर्व॑ (párva)
पर्व॑णी (párvaṇī) पर्वा॑णि (párvāṇi)
पर्व॑¹ (párva¹)
पर्वा॑¹ (párvā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • परुस् (párus) (reinterpreted from nom./acc.sg. परुर् (párur))

Descendants

  • Hindi: पर्व (parv) (learned)
  • Old Javanese: parwa, paro
  • Odia: ପର୍ବ (parba) (learned)
  • Pali: pabba
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑁆𑀯 (pavva)
  • Punjabi: ਪਰਬ (parab) (learned)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “पर्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “párvan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 99-100
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “párvan-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 367-8
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “párvan”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 448