वैशाख

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बैसाख (baisākh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɛː.ʃɑːkʰ/, [ʋɛː.ʃäːkʰ]

Noun

वैशाख • (vaiśākh) m

1. Vaisakha (the second month in the Indian national calendar and in the lunar Hindu calendar)

Declension

Declension of वैशाख (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वैशाख vaiśākh	वैशाख vaiśākh
oblique	वैशाख vaiśākh	वैशाखों vaiśākhõ
vocative	वैशाख vaiśākh	वैशाखो vaiśākho

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वैशाख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 941, 970.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌi̯säk̞ʰ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बैसाख्

Proper noun

वैशाख • (vaiśākh)

1. Vaisakha
   1. the first month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the second month in the lunar Hindu calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “वैशाख”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “baisakh”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৈশাখ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬿᬰᬵᬔ (Balinese script)
• বৈশাখ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰹𑰫𑰯𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁃𑀰𑀸𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဲၐာခ (Burmese script)
• વૈશાખ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੈਸ਼ਾਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍈𑌶𑌾𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦻꦯꦴꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂶𑂬𑂰𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ವೈಶಾಖ (Kannada script)
• វៃឝាខ (Khmer script)
• ໄວຨາຂ (Lao script)
• വൈശാഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡳᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘺𑘫𑘰𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᠧᠱᠠᢗᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧛𑧋𑧑𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐿𑐱𑐵𑐏 (Newa script)
• ଵୈଶାଖ (Odia script)
• ꢮꣀꢯꢵꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆽𑆯𑆳𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖹𑖫𑖯𑖏 (Siddham script)
• වෛශාඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩗𑩿𑩛𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚳𑚧𑚭𑚋 (Takri script)
• வைஶாக² (Tamil script)
• వైశాఖ (Telugu script)
• ไวศาข (Thai script)
• ཝཻ་ཤཱ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒻𑒬𑒰𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨇𑨮𑨊𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विशाखा (viśākhā)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːj.ɕɑː.kʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋɑjˈɕɑː.kʰɐ/

Proper noun

वैशाख • (vaiśākha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Second month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}