Vesna
See also: vesna
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian Весна (Vesna), Ukrainian Весна (Vesna), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editVesna
- A mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology.
- A female given name of Eastern European usage
Translations
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna (“spring”), deified as a Slavic goddess of spring, birth and renewal.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, “morning”) and वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring”), Old Armenian գարուն (garun).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editVȅsna f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏сна)
- a female given name
Declension
edit Declension of Vesna
Further reading
edit- “Vesna”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
Slovene
editProper noun
editVesna ?
- a female given name
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