वसन्त
Hindi
Alternative forms
- बसन्त (basant)
Etymology
Noun
वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)
- spring
- the vernal season
- the deified personification of spring
References
- John T. Platts (accessed 07-31-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)
Sanskrit
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 (bahār), Old Norse vár, Russian весна́ (vesná).
Pronunciation
Noun
वसन्त • (vasantá) m
- "brilliant (season)"; the spring
- a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
- name of a man (Rājat.)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वसन्त (vasantá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वसन्तः vasantáḥ |
वसन्तौ vasantaú |
वसन्ताः / वसन्तासः¹ vasantā́ḥ / vasantā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वसन्त vásanta |
वसन्तौ vásantau |
वसन्ताः / वसन्तासः¹ vásantāḥ / vásantāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वसन्तम् vasantám |
वसन्तौ vasantaú |
वसन्तान् vasantā́n |
| Instrumental | वसन्तेन vasanténa |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तैः / वसन्तेभिः¹ vasantaíḥ / vasantébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वसन्ताय vasantā́ya |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तेभ्यः vasantébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वसन्तात् vasantā́t |
वसन्ताभ्याम् vasantā́bhyām |
वसन्तेभ्यः vasantébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वसन्तस्य vasantásya |
वसन्तयोः vasantáyoḥ |
वसन्तानाम् vasantā́nām |
| Locative | वसन्ते vasanté |
वसन्तयोः vasantáyoḥ |
वसन्तेषु vasantéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0930
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