वयन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit वयन (vayana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.jən/, [ʋɐ.jɐ̃n]

Noun

वयन • (vayan) m (Urdu spelling وین)

1. (formal) the act of weaving

   Synonyms: बुनना (bunnā), बुनाई (bunāī), अवगुंफन (avgumphan), ऊति (ūti), तांतव (tāntav), वाय (vāy), सूत्रवेष्टन (sūtraveṣṭan), स्यूति (syūti), वाप (vāp), वाणि (vāṇi)

Declension

Declension of वयन (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	वयन vayan
oblique	वयन vayan
vocative	वयन vayan

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वयन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4370
• Platts, John T. (1884) “वयन+vayan”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1211
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वयन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 908

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱয়ন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
• বয়ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝယန (Burmese script)
• વયન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಯನ (Kannada script)
• វយន (Khmer script)
• ວຍນ (Lao script)
• വയന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵଯନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වයන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
• வயந (Tamil script)
• వయన (Telugu script)
• วยน (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root वे (ve, “to weave”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वयन • (vayana) stem, n

1. (Classical Sanskrit) the act of weaving

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वयन

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वयन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वयनम् (vayanam)	वयने (vayane)	वयनानि (vayanāni)
accusative	वयनम् (vayanam)	वयने (vayane)	वयनानि (vayanāni)
instrumental	वयनेन (vayanena)	वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām)	वयनैः (vayanaiḥ)
dative	वयनाय (vayanāya)	वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām)	वयनेभ्यः (vayanebhyaḥ)
ablative	वयनात् (vayanāt)	वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām)	वयनेभ्यः (vayanebhyaḥ)
genitive	वयनस्य (vayanasya)	वयनयोः (vayanayoḥ)	वयनानाम् (vayanānām)
locative	वयने (vayane)	वयनयोः (vayanayoḥ)	वयनेषु (vayaneṣu)
vocative	वयन (vayana)	वयने (vayane)	वयनानि (vayanāni)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “वयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वयन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1389
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vayana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 659