वेणु
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
वेणु m
- Devanagari script form of veṇu (“bamboo”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "वेणु" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वेणु (veṇu) | वेणवो (veṇavo) or वेणू (veṇū) |
| Accusative (second) | वेणुं (veṇuṃ) | वेणवो (veṇavo) or वेणू (veṇū) |
| Instrumental (third) | वेणुना (veṇunā) | वेणूहि (veṇūhi) or वेणूभि (veṇūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वेणुस्स (veṇussa) or वेणुनो (veṇuno) | वेणूनं (veṇūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वेणुस्मा (veṇusmā) or वेणुम्हा (veṇumhā) | वेणूहि (veṇūhi) or वेणूभि (veṇūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वेणुस्स (veṇussa) or वेणुनो (veṇuno) | वेणूनं (veṇūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वेणुस्मिं (veṇusmiṃ) or वेणुम्हि (veṇumhi) | वेणूसु (veṇūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वेणु (veṇu) | वेणवे (veṇave) or वेणवो (veṇavo) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- ৱেণু (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬡᬸ (Balinese script)
- বেণু (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰜𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀡𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေဏု (Burmese script)
- વેણુ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਣੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌣𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦟꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂝𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಣು (Kannada script)
- វេណុ (Khmer script)
- ເວຓຸ (Lao script)
- വേണു (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᢏᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘜𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢏᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑦼𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐞𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଵେଣୁ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢠꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆟𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖜𑖲 (Siddham script)
- වෙණු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩪𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚘𑚰 (Takri script)
- வேணு (Tamil script)
- వేణు (Telugu script)
- เวณุ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ཎུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒝𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨘𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Compare the cognates listed at Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “pipe-shaped instrument”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
वेणु • (veṇú) stem, m
- a bamboo, reed, cane
- a flute, fife, pipe
- name of a deity of the bodhi tree
- name of a king of the यादव (yādava)s
- name of a son of शतजित् (śata-jit)
- name of a mountain
- name of a river
- (in the plural) the descendants of Veṇu
Declension edit
| Masculine u-stem declension of वेणु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | वेणुः (veṇuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | वेणोः (veṇoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वेणुः (veṇuḥ) | वेणू (veṇū) | वेणवः (veṇavaḥ) |
| Vocative | वेणो (veṇo) | वेणू (veṇū) | वेणवः (veṇavaḥ) |
| Accusative | वेणुम् (veṇum) | वेणू (veṇū) | वेणून् (veṇūn) |
| Instrumental | वेणुना (veṇunā) | वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām) | वेणुभिः (veṇubhiḥ) |
| Dative | वेणवे (veṇave) | वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām) | वेणुभ्यः (veṇubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | वेणोः (veṇoḥ) | वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām) | वेणुभ्यः (veṇubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | वेणोः (veṇoḥ) | वेण्वोः (veṇvoḥ) | वेणूनाम् (veṇūnām) |
| Locative | वेणौ (veṇau) | वेण्वोः (veṇvoḥ) | वेणुषु (veṇuṣu) |
Descendants edit
- Pali: veṇu (“bamboo (in compounds)”)
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀡𑀼 (veṇu)
- Southern:
- Eastern:
- Odia: ବେଣୁଆ (beṇua, “a slender species of bamboo”)
- Central:
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेणु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014.