वसन्त

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.sənt̪/, [ʋɐ.sɐ̃n̪t̪]

Noun

वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)

1. Alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)

Declension

Declension of वसन्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वसन्त vasant	वसन्त vasant
oblique	वसन्त vasant	वसन्तों vasantõ
vocative	वसन्त vasant	वसन्तो vasanto

Nepali

Alternative forms

• बसंत (basanta), बसन्त (basanta)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌsʌn̪t̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बसन्त

Noun

वसन्त • (vasanta)

1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category
बसन्त (basanta), वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”)	गर्मी (garmī), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”)	शरद (śarad, “autumn”)	हिउँद (hiũd), शिशिर (śiśira, “winter”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vasanta (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ৰসন্ত (Bengali script)
• වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဝသန္တ or ဝသၼ္တ or ဝသၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• วสนฺต or วะสันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ວສນ຺ຕ or ວະສັນຕະ (Lao script)
• វសន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वसन्त m

1. Devanagari script form of vasanta

Declension

Declension table of "वसन्त" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वसन्तो (vasanto)	वसन्ता (vasantā)
Accusative (second)	वसन्तं (vasantaṃ)	वसन्ते (vasante)
Instrumental (third)	वसन्तेन (vasantena)	वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) or वसन्ताय (vasantāya) or वसन्तत्थं (vasantatthaṃ)	वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वसन्तस्मा (vasantasmā) or वसन्तम्हा (vasantamhā) or वसन्ता (vasantā)	वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वसन्तस्स (vasantassa)	वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वसन्तस्मिं (vasantasmiṃ) or वसन्तम्हि (vasantamhi) or वसन्ते (vasante)	वसन्तेसु (vasantesu)
Vocative (calling)	वसन्त (vasanta)	वसन्ता (vasantā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• বসন্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
• વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਵਸਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
• វសន្ត (Khmer script)
• ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• வஸந்த (Tamil script)
• వసన్త (Telugu script)
• วสนฺต (Thai script)
• ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás, from Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s, from *wósr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar), Persian بهار (bahâr), Old Norse vár, Russian весна́ (vesná).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.sɐn.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.s̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वसन्त • (vasantá) stem, m

1. "brilliant (season)"; the spring
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:

     श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
     श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पतिः॑ श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः॥

     śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
     śatámindrāgnī́ savitā́ bṛ́haspátiḥ śatā́yuṣā havíṣemáṃ púnarduḥ.

     Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.
     Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Brhaspati, Savitā yield him for a hundred!

2. a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
3. name of a man (Rājat.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वसन्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वसन्तः (vasantáḥ)	वसन्तौ (vasantaú) वसन्ता¹ (vasantā́¹)	वसन्ताः (vasantā́ḥ) वसन्तासः¹ (vasantā́saḥ¹)
accusative	वसन्तम् (vasantám)	वसन्तौ (vasantaú) वसन्ता¹ (vasantā́¹)	वसन्तान् (vasantā́n)
instrumental	वसन्तेन (vasanténa)	वसन्ताभ्याम् (vasantā́bhyām)	वसन्तैः (vasantaíḥ) वसन्तेभिः¹ (vasantébhiḥ¹)
dative	वसन्ताय (vasantā́ya)	वसन्ताभ्याम् (vasantā́bhyām)	वसन्तेभ्यः (vasantébhyaḥ)
ablative	वसन्तात् (vasantā́t)	वसन्ताभ्याम् (vasantā́bhyām)	वसन्तेभ्यः (vasantébhyaḥ)
genitive	वसन्तस्य (vasantásya)	वसन्तयोः (vasantáyoḥ)	वसन्तानाम् (vasantā́nām)
locative	वसन्ते (vasanté)	वसन्तयोः (vasantáyoḥ)	वसन्तेषु (vasantéṣu)
vocative	वसन्त (vásanta)	वसन्तौ (vásantau) वसन्ता¹ (vásantā¹)	वसन्ताः (vásantāḥ) वसन्तासः¹ (vásantāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: básond
  • Khowar: بوسون (bosún)
  • Phalura: basaánd
  • Torwali: [script needed] (basān)
  • Shina: بَزونوࣿ/बज़ोनॊ (băzṓnṷ), بَزودوࣿ (băzṓdṷ)
• Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
• Pali: vasanta
  • → Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.)
• Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)

Borrowed terms

• Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto)
  • Naga Pidgin: bokhonto, bosont
• Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto)
• Galician: vassanta
• Gujarati: વસંત (vasant)
• Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
• Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta)
• Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san)
• Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ)
• Marathi: वसंत (vasanta​)
• Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant)
• Sinhalese: වසන්ත (wasanta)
• Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam)
• Telugu: వసంతము (vasantamu)
• Thai: วสันต์ (wá-sǎn)
• Urdu: بسنت (basant)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वसन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0930/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533