वन

Etymology

From Sanskrit वन (vána).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋən/

Noun

वन • (van) m (Urdu spelling ون‎)

1. forest, jungle, woods

   यह भयानक वन सैकड़ों किलोमीटर तक फैला था।

   yah bhayānak van saikṛõ kilomīṭar tak phailā thā.

   This dreadful forest stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

   Synonym: जंगल (jaṅgal)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “वन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Noun

वन • (vána) n

1. a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster (but in older language also applied to a single tree).
2. plenty, abundance.
3. a foreign or distant land (compare अरण्य).
4. wood, timber.
5. a wooden vessel or barrel (for the सोम juice).
6. a cloud (as the vessel in the sky).
7. (prob.) the body of a carriage.
8. water.
9. a fountain, spring.
10. abode.
11. coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus).
12. A ray of light.

    Synonym: रश्मि (raśmi)

13. (prob.) longing, earnest desire.
14. name of a son of उशीनर.
15. name of one of the ten orders of mendicants founded by शंकराचार्य (the members of which affix वन to their names; compare रार्मेन्द्र-व्°) W.