بانس

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa), from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ːns/

Noun

بان٘س • (bā̃s) m (Hindi spelling बाँस)

1. bamboo

Declension

Declension of بانس
	singular	plural
direct	بان٘س (bāns)	بان٘س (bāns)
oblique	بان٘س (bāns)	بان٘سوں (bānsō̃)
vocative	بان٘س (bāns)	بان٘سو (bānsō)

Descendants

• → Pashto: باڼس (bāṇs)
• → Persian: بانس (bâns)

Further reading

• “بانس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بانس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.