वरुण

See also: वर्ण, व्रण, and व्राण

Hindi

वरुण ग्रह

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɾʊɳ/, [ʋɐ.ɾʊ̃ɳ]

Proper noun

वरुण • (varuṇ) m

1. Varuna (Hindu deity associated with water)
2. name for the island of Borneo
3. (neologism) Neptune

Declension

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

	singular
direct	वरुण varuṇ
oblique	वरुण varuṇ
vocative	वरुण varuṇ

See also

Solar System in Hindi · सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal) (layout · text)
Star	सूर्य (sūrya)
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	बुध (budh)	शुक्र (śukra)	पृथ्वी (pŕthvī)	मंगल (maṅgal)		बृहस्पति (bŕhaspati)	शनि (śani)	अरुण (aruṇ)	वरुण (varuṇ)	यम (yam)
Notable moons	—	—	चंद्रमा (candramā)		—

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱৰুণ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬭᬸᬡ (Balinese script)
• বরুণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰨𑰲𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀭𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဝရုဏ (Burmese script)
• વરુણ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਰੁਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌰𑍁𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦫꦸꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂩𑂳𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ವರುಣ (Kannada script)
• វរុណ (Khmer script)
• ວຣຸຓ (Lao script)
• വരുണ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡵᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘨𑘳𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠷᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧈𑧔𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐬𑐸𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଵରୁଣ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢬꢸꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆫𑆶𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖨𑖲𑖜 (Siddham script)
• වරුණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩼𑩒𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚤𑚰𑚘 (Takri script)
• வருண (Tamil script)
• వరుణ (Telugu script)
• วรุณ (Thai script)
• ཝ་རུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒩𑒳𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨫𑨃𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɾu.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.ɾu.ɳɐ/

Proper noun

वरुण • (váruṇa) stem, m

1. Varuna
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.25.1:

     यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ विशो॑ यथा॒ प्र दे॑व वरुण व्र॒तम् ।
     मि॒नी॒मसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि ॥

     yácciddhí te víśo yathā prá deva varuṇa vratám.
     minīmási dyávidyavi.

     In as much as all people commit errors, so do we, divine Varuṇa, daily disfigure your worship by imperfections.

Noun

वरुण • (váruṇa) stem, m

1. ocean
2. water
3. sun
4. name of the island of Borneo
5. a warder off or dispeller
6. name of a particular magical formula recited over weapons
7. a tree of species Crateva adansonii ( <= Crataeva Roxburghii)
8. (in the plural) the gods generally

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वरुण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वरुणः (váruṇaḥ)	वरुणौ (váruṇau) वरुणा¹ (váruṇā¹)	वरुणाः (váruṇāḥ) वरुणासः¹ (váruṇāsaḥ¹)
accusative	वरुणम् (váruṇam)	वरुणौ (váruṇau) वरुणा¹ (váruṇā¹)	वरुणान् (váruṇān)
instrumental	वरुणेन (váruṇena)	वरुणाभ्याम् (váruṇābhyām)	वरुणैः (váruṇaiḥ) वरुणेभिः¹ (váruṇebhiḥ¹)
dative	वरुणाय (váruṇāya)	वरुणाभ्याम् (váruṇābhyām)	वरुणेभ्यः (váruṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	वरुणात् (váruṇāt)	वरुणाभ्याम् (váruṇābhyām)	वरुणेभ्यः (váruṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	वरुणस्य (váruṇasya)	वरुणयोः (váruṇayoḥ)	वरुणानाम् (váruṇānām)
locative	वरुणे (váruṇe)	वरुणयोः (váruṇayoḥ)	वरुणेषु (váruṇeṣu)
vocative	वरुण (váruṇa)	वरुणौ (váruṇau) वरुणा¹ (váruṇā¹)	वरुणाः (váruṇāḥ) वरुणासः¹ (váruṇāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• वरुण्य (varuṇyà)
• वारुण (vāruṇá)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Վարունա (Varuna)
• → Bengali: বরুণ (borun)
• → Chinese: 伐樓拿 / 伐楼拿
• → English: Varuna
• → Greek: Βαρούνα (Varoúna)
• → Gujarati: વરૂણ (varūṇ)
• → Japanese: ヴァルナ
• → Kannada: ವರುಣ (varuṇa)
• → Khmer: ភិរុណ (phirun)
• → Korean: 바루나 (baruna)
• → Malayalam: വരുണൻ (varuṇaṉ)
• → Persian: وارونا
• → Punjabi: ਵਰੁਣ (varuṇ)
• → Russian: Варуна (Varuna)
• → Tamil: வருணன் (varuṇaṉ)
• → Telugu: వరుణుడు (varuṇuḍu)
• → Thai: พระพิรุณ

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वरुण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 921, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “váruṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 515-516