वसन्त
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.sənt̪/, [ʋɐ.sɐ̃n̪t̪]
Noun
वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)
- alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वसन्त vasant |
वसन्त vasant |
| oblique | वसन्त vasant |
वसन्तों vasantõ |
| vocative | वसन्त vasant |
वसन्तो vasanto |
Nepali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).
Pronunciation
Noun
वसन्त • (vasanta)
- spring (season)
See also
| Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| बसन्त (basanta), वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”) | गर्मी (garmī), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”) |
शरद (śarad, “autumn”) | हिउँद (hiũd), शिशिर (śiśira, “winter”) |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
वसन्त m
- Devanagari script form of vasanta
Declension
Declension table of "वसन्त" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वसन्तो (vasanto) | वसन्ता (vasantā) |
| Accusative (second) | वसन्तं (vasantaṃ) | वसन्ते (vasante) |
| Instrumental (third) | वसन्तेन (vasantena) | वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) or वसन्ताय (vasantāya) or वसन्तत्थं (vasantatthaṃ) | वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वसन्तस्मा (vasantasmā) or वसन्तम्हा (vasantamhā) or वसन्ता (vasantā) | वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) | वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वसन्तस्मिं (vasantasmiṃ) or वसन्तम्हि (vasantamhi) or वसन्ते (vasante) | वसन्तेसु (vasantesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वसन्त (vasanta) | वसन्ता (vasantā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
- বসন্ত (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
- વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
- វសន្ត (Khmer script)
- ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
- വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
- වසන්ත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- வஸந்த (Tamil script)
- వసన్త (Telugu script)
- วสนฺต (Thai script)
- ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.sɐn.tɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.s̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/
Noun
व॒स॒न्त • (vasantá) stem, m
- "brilliant (season)"; the spring
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:
- श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पतिः॑ श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः॥- śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
śatámindrāgnī́ savitā́ bṛ́haspátiḥ śatā́yuṣā havíṣemáṃ púnarduḥ. - Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.
Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Brhaspati, Savitā yield him for a hundred!
- śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
- श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
- a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
- name of a man (Rājat.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | व॒स॒न्तः (vasantáḥ) | व॒स॒न्तौ (vasantáu) व॒स॒न्ता¹ (vasantā́¹) |
व॒स॒न्ताः (vasantā́ḥ) व॒स॒न्तासः॑¹ (vasantā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | व॒स॒न्तम् (vasantám) | व॒स॒न्तौ (vasantáu) व॒स॒न्ता¹ (vasantā́¹) |
व॒स॒न्तान् (vasantā́n) |
| instrumental | व॒स॒न्तेन॑ (vasanténa) | व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām) | व॒स॒न्तैः (vasantáiḥ) व॒स॒न्तेभिः॑¹ (vasantébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | व॒स॒न्ताय॑ (vasantā́ya) | व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām) | व॒स॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (vasantébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | व॒स॒न्तात् (vasantā́t) | व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām) | व॒स॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (vasantébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | व॒स॒न्तस्य॑ (vasantásya) | व॒स॒न्तयोः॑ (vasantáyoḥ) | व॒स॒न्ताना॑म् (vasantā́nām) |
| locative | व॒स॒न्ते (vasanté) | व॒स॒न्तयोः॑ (vasantáyoḥ) | व॒स॒न्तेषु॑ (vasantéṣu) |
| vocative | वस॑न्त (vásanta) | वस॑न्तौ (vásantau) वस॑न्ता¹ (vásantā¹) |
वस॑न्ताः (vásantāḥ) वस॑न्तासः¹ (vásantāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
- Pali: vasanta
- → Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.)
- Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
Borrowed terms
- Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto)
- Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto)
- Galician: vassanta
- Gujarati: વસંત (vasant)
- Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
- Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta)
- Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san)
- Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ)
- Marathi: वसंत (vasanta)
- Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant)
- Sinhalese: වසන්ත (wasanta)
- Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam)
- Telugu: వసంతము (vasantamu)
- Thai: วสันต์ (wá-sǎn)
- Urdu: بسنت (basant)
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][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533