વહાણ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀳𑀡 (vāhaṇa), from Sanskrit वाह॒न॒ (vā́hana). Cognate with Kachchi વાણ (vāṇ), Marathi वहाण (vahāṇ), Nepali बहना (bahanā), Odia ବାହାଣ (bāhāṇa), Punjabi ਵਾਹਣ / واہن (vāhaṇ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋə.ɦɑɳ/, [ˈʋa̤ɳ]
Rhymes: -ɑɳ
Hyphenation: વ‧હાણ

Noun

વહાણ • (vahāṇ) n

(nautical) ship, vessel
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:વહાણ

Derived terms

વહાણખેડ (vahāṇkheḍ, “navigation”)
વહાણવટી (vahāṇavṭī, “sailor”)
વહાણવટું (vahāṇavṭũ, “navigation”)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vā́hana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 677