وامن

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.mən/

Adjective

وَامَن • (vāman) (Hindi spelling वामन)

1. (rare) small, dwarfish

Noun

وَامَن • (vāman) m (Hindi spelling वामन)

1. (rare) a dwarf

Declension

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

Proper noun

وَامَن • (vāman) m (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

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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