पर्वन्

See also: परवाना

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *pérwr̥, from *per- + *-wr̥.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́ɾ.ʋɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɾ.ʋɐn̪/

Noun

पर्वन् • (párvan) stem, n

1. joint, limb (RV., etc.)
2. knot, particularly of reeds
3. division, section (ŚBr., MBh., etc.)
4. step of a stairway (Ragh.)
5. (grammar) member of a compound (Prāt., Nir.)
6. period of time (RV., VS., ŚBr., GṛŚrS., etc.)
7. Cāturmāsya (ŚBr.)
8. the full, new, and half moons (GṛŚrS., Mn., MBh., etc.)
9. sacrifice carried out at the full, new, or half moon (R.)
10. the day the moon passes through a lunar node (Var., Sūryas., MBh., etc.)
11. moment the sun entires a new sign (W.)
12. any period of the year (W.)
13. half-month (MBh.)
14. day (BhP.)
15. holiday (W.)
16. opportunity (W.)
17. moment (W.)

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of पर्वन् (parvan)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	परुर् / पर्व párur / párva	पर्वणी parvaṇī	पर्वाणि / पर्व¹ / पर्वा¹ parvāṇi / parva¹ / parvā¹
Vocative	पर्वन् / पर्व parvan / parva	पर्वणी parvaṇī	पर्वाणि / पर्व¹ / पर्वा¹ parvāṇi / parva¹ / parvā¹
Accusative	पर्व parva	पर्वणी parvaṇī	पर्वाणि / पर्व¹ / पर्वा¹ parvāṇi / parva¹ / parvā¹
Instrumental	पर्वणा parvaṇā	पर्वभ्याम् parvabhyām	पर्वभिः parvabhiḥ
Dative	पर्वणे parvaṇe	पर्वभ्याम् parvabhyām	पर्वभ्यः parvabhyaḥ
Ablative	पर्वणः párvaṇaḥ	पर्वभ्याम् parvabhyām	पर्वभ्यः parvabhyaḥ
Genitive	पर्वणः parvaṇaḥ	पर्वणोः parvaṇoḥ	पर्वणाम् parvaṇām
Locative	पर्वणि / पर्वन्¹ parvaṇi / parvan¹	पर्वणोः parvaṇoḥ	पर्वसु parvasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: पर्व (parv) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: parwa, paro
  • Javanese: ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)
    • → Indonesian: paro
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬭᭀ (paro, “half”), ᬧᬃᬯ (parwa, “part of the Mahābhārata”)
  • → Indonesian: parwa (learned)
  • → Malay: paruh (“part”)
    • Indonesian: paruh (“part”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पर्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93,573,609.