अरण्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৰণ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬭᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- অরণ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အရဏျ (Burmese script)
- અરણ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦫꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂩𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಅರಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- អរណ្យ (Khmer script)
- ອຣຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- അരണ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡵᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐬𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅରଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢬꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අරණ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩼𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚤𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- அரண்ய (Tamil script)
- అరణ్య (Telugu script)
- อรณฺย (Thai script)
- ཨ་ར་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨫𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From अरण (áraṇa, “strange, foreign”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“other, foreign”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ɾɐɳ.jɐ/, [ɐ́.ɾɐj̃.jɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɾɐɳ.jɐ/
Noun
अरण्य • (áraṇya) stem, n
- a foreign or a distant land
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.10:
- सच॑स्व ना॒यम् अव॑से अ॒भीक॑ इ॒तो वा॒ तम् इ॑न्द्र पाहि रि॒षः ।
अ॒मा चै॑न॒म् अर॑ण्ये पाहि रि॒षो मदे॑म श॒तहि॑माः सु॒वीराः॑ ॥- sácasva nāyám ávase abhī́ka itó vā tám indra pāhi riṣáḥ.
amā́ cainam áraṇye pāhi riṣó mádema śatáhimāḥ suvī́rāḥ. - Hasting to help, come hither and protect him, keep him from harm when he is here, O Indra.
At home, abroad, from injury preserve him. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.
- sácasva nāyám ávase abhī́ka itó vā tám indra pāhi riṣáḥ.
- सच॑स्व ना॒यम् अव॑से अ॒भीक॑ इ॒तो वा॒ तम् इ॑न्द्र पाहि रि॒षः ।
- forest, wilderness
- a desert
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अरण्यम् (áraṇyam) | अरण्ये (áraṇye) | अरण्यानि (áraṇyāni) अरण्या¹ (áraṇyā¹) |
| accusative | अरण्यम् (áraṇyam) | अरण्ये (áraṇye) | अरण्यानि (áraṇyāni) अरण्या¹ (áraṇyā¹) |
| instrumental | अरण्येन (áraṇyena) | अरण्याभ्याम् (áraṇyābhyām) | अरण्यैः (áraṇyaiḥ) अरण्येभिः¹ (áraṇyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अरण्याय (áraṇyāya) | अरण्याभ्याम् (áraṇyābhyām) | अरण्येभ्यः (áraṇyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अरण्यात् (áraṇyāt) | अरण्याभ्याम् (áraṇyābhyām) | अरण्येभ्यः (áraṇyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अरण्यस्य (áraṇyasya) | अरण्ययोः (áraṇyayoḥ) | अरण्यानाम् (áraṇyānām) |
| locative | अरण्ये (áraṇye) | अरण्ययोः (áraṇyayoḥ) | अरण्येषु (áraṇyeṣu) |
| vocative | अरण्य (áraṇya) | अरण्ये (áraṇye) | अरण्यानि (áraṇyāni) अरण्या¹ (áraṇyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa)
- Bengali: অরণ্য (oronno)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa)
- Konkani: राण (rāṇ, “forest”)
- Pali: arañña
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa)
- → Kannada: ಅರಣ್ಯ (araṇya)
- → Telugu: అరణ్యము (araṇyamu)
- → Tocharian B: āraṇyāyataṃ
- → Tulu: ಅರಣ್ಯ (araṇya)
References
- “अ॑रण्य” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 40, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अरण्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 026
- Monier Williams (1899) “अरण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 86, column 3.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 066
