Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of بَونَا (baunā).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

وَامَن (vāman) (Hindi spelling वामन)

  1. (rare) small, dwarfish

Noun edit

وَامَن (vāmanm (Hindi spelling वामन)

  1. (rare) a dwarf

Declension edit

Declension of وامن
singular plural
direct وَامَن (vāman) وَامَن (vāman)
oblique وَامَن (vāman) وَامَنوں (vāmanō̃)
vocative وَامَن (vāman) وَامَنو (vāmanō)

Proper noun edit

وَامَن (vāmanm (Hindi spelling वामन) (Hinduism)

  1. Vāmana (the fifth avatar of Viṣṇu)
  2. name of Śiva
  3. name of the elephant that supports the south or west quarter

Declension edit

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References edit

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “vāman”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.