वन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वा (vā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝန် (Burmese script)
• વન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೝ (Kannada script)
• វន៑ (Khmer script)
• ວນ຺ (Lao script)
• വന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• வந் (Tamil script)
• వౝ (Telugu script)
• วนฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love, wish”). Cognate with Latin venus, venēnum whence English venom, Latin venia, veneror (“venerate”); English wish, win, wean, wont, wonder.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn̪/

Verb

वन् • (van) (8 A)

1. to like, love, wish, desire
2. to gain, acquire, procure, obtain
3. to conquer, to win
4. to take aim at

Derived terms

• वनस् (vánas, “loveliness, desire”)
• वनोति (vanóti)
• वनति (vánati, vanáti)
• वनुते (vanuté)
• वनिता (vanita)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (“tree, wood”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬁 (vanā, “tree”), Pashto ونه (wëna, “tree”), Sogdian wn (“tree”), Middle Persian [script needed] (wan /⁠wn'⁠/, “tree”). Related to वन (vana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́n/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn̪/

Noun

वन् • (ván) stem, ?

1. tree, wood, wooden vessel
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.35:

     श्येनो न वंसु कलशेषु सीदसि ।

     śyeno na vaṃsu kalaśeṣu sīdasi .

     Thou sittest in the jars as a hawk on trees

Declension

Declension of वन्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-	-	-
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	-	-	-
Instrumental	-	-	-
Dative	-	-	-
Ablative	-	-	-
Genitive	-	-	वनाम् (vanā́m)
Locative	-	-	वंसु (váṃsu)

Descendants

• Sindhi: वणु sg (vaṇu, “tree”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 153
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 501