वेतन

See also: वैतान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेतन (vetána).

Noun

वेतन • (vetan) m (Urdu spelling ويتن)

1. wages, salary

   वे अधिक वेतन के लिए आंदोलन कर रहे थे।

   ve adhik vetan ke lie āndolan kar rahe the.

   They were agitating for higher wages.

   अगली सूचना तक उसका वेतन रोक दिया गया है।

   aglī sūcnā tak uskā vetan rok diyā gayā hai.

   His salary has been withheld until further notice.

Declension

Declension of वेतन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वेतन vetan	वेतन vetan
oblique	वेतन vetan	वेतनों vetanõ
vocative	वेतन vetan	वेतनो vetano

Synonyms

• तनख़्वाह (tanaxvāh)

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱেতন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
• বেতন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေတန (Burmese script)
• વેતન (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇತನ (Kannada script)
• វេតន (Khmer script)
• ເວຕນ (Lao script)
• വേതന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵେତନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වෙතන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
• வேதந (Tamil script)
• వేతన (Telugu script)
• เวตน (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ཏ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वी (vī, “to approach, procure”); Monier-Williams and Mayrhofer's conjectures linking the word to वृत् (vṛt, “to turn”) and विद् (vid, “to know, find”) respectively are inaccurate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐj.tɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वेतन • (vetana) stem, n

1. wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood
2. price
3. silver

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वेतन (vetana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेतनम् vetanam	वेतने vetane	वेतनानि / वेतना¹ vetanāni / vetanā¹
Vocative	वेतन vetana	वेतने vetane	वेतनानि / वेतना¹ vetanāni / vetanā¹
Accusative	वेतनम् vetanam	वेतने vetane	वेतनानि / वेतना¹ vetanāni / vetanā¹
Instrumental	वेतनेन vetanena	वेतनाभ्याम् vetanābhyām	वेतनैः / वेतनेभिः¹ vetanaiḥ / vetanebhiḥ¹
Dative	वेतनाय vetanāya	वेतनाभ्याम् vetanābhyām	वेतनेभ्यः vetanebhyaḥ
Ablative	वेतनात् vetanāt	वेतनाभ्याम् vetanābhyām	वेतनेभ्यः vetanebhyaḥ
Genitive	वेतनस्य vetanasya	वेतनयोः vetanayoḥ	वेतनानाम् vetanānām
Locative	वेतने vetane	वेतनयोः vetanayoḥ	वेतनेषु vetaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वेतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 578