Gujarati edit

 
વસંત (vasant, spring)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás, from Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s, from *wósr̥ (spring). Doublet of બહાર (bahār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋə.sənt̪/
  • Hyphenation: વ‧સંત
  • Rhymes: -ənt̪

Noun edit

વસંત (vasantm

  1. spring
    Synonym: બહાર (bahār)
    • 2023 May 19, BBC Gujarati[1]:
      સ્વામી વિવેકાનંદ: 'હું મારા જીવનની 40મી વસંત જોઈ નહીં શકું'
      svāmī vivekānanda: 'hũ mārā jīvannī 40mī vasant joī nahī̃ śakũ'
      Swami Vivekananda: 'I can not witness the 40th spring of my life'
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sant Shri Asharamji Ashram, આરોગ્યનિધિ-1, page 12:
      શીત ઋતુ અને ગ્રીષ્મ ઋતુનો સંધિકાળ એટલે વસંત ઋતુ. આ ઋતુમાં નથી વધારે ઠંડી હોતી કે નથી વધારે ગરમી હોતી.
      śīt ŕtu ane grīṣma ŕtuno sandhikāḷ eṭale vasant ŕtu. ā ŕtumā̃ nathī vadhāre ṭhaṇḍī hotī ke nathī vadhāre garmī hotī.
      The transition period between winter and summer is called spring. In this season, it is not too cold and not too hot.
  2. pox; smallpox
    Synonym: શીતળા (śītaḷā)
  3. dysentery
    Synonym: મરડો (marḍo)
  4. (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat
  5. (figurative) prime of one's life; the bloom of youth
    Synonym: બહાર (bahār)

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

વસંત (vasantm

  1. a male given name, Vasant, from Sanskrit

Proper noun edit

વસંત (vasantf

  1. a surname, Vasant, from Sanskrit, of Lohana usage

See also edit