वाराणसी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī). Doublet of बनारस (banāras).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɑːɳ.siː/, [ʋäː.ɾä̃ːɳ.siː]

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇsī) f (Urdu spelling وارانسی)

1. Varanasi, Benares (a city in India)

   Synonym: बनारस (banāras)

Declension

Declension of वाराणसी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	वाराणसी vārāṇsī
oblique	वाराणसी vārāṇsī
vocative	वाराणसी vārāṇsī

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वारणसी (vāraṇasī), वराणसी (varāṇasī), वाणारसी (vāṇārasī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাৰাণসী (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬭᬵᬡᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
• বারাণসী (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰯𑰜𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါရာဏသီ (Burmese script)
• વારાણસી (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਰਾਣਸੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦫꦴꦟꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂰𑂝𑂮𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾರಾಣಸೀ (Kannada script)
• វារាណសី (Khmer script)
• ວາຣາຓສີ (Lao script)
• വാരാണസീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠᠰ᠌ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘭𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠷᠠᢗᢏᠠᠰᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑧈𑧑𑦼𑧍𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐬𑐵𑐞𑐳𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଵାରାଣସୀ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢬꢵꢠꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆳𑆟𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖯𑖜𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
• වාරාණසී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩼𑩛𑩪𑪁𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚭𑚘𑚨𑚯 (Takri script)
• வாராணஸீ (Tamil script)
• వారాణసీ (Telugu script)
• วาราณสี (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒰𑒝𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨊𑨘𑨰𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɑː.ɳɐ.s̪iː/

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇasī) stem, f

1. Varanasi (a metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India)
2. the ancient capital of Kāśī Kingdom

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वाराणसी

	singular
nominative	वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)
accusative	वाराणसीम् (vārāṇasīm)
instrumental	वाराणस्या (vārāṇasyā)
dative	वाराणस्यै (vārāṇasyai)
ablative	वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ)
genitive	वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ)
locative	वाराणस्याम् (vārāṇasyām)
vocative	वाराणसि (vārāṇasi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाराणसी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 944, column 2.