वनस्पति
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati).
Noun
वनस्पति • (vanaspati) m (Urdu spelling ونسپت)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वनस्पति vanaspati |
वनस्पति vanaspati |
| oblique | वनस्पति vanaspati |
वनस्पतियों vanaspatiyõ |
| vocative | वनस्पति vanaspati |
वनस्पतियो vanaspatiyo |
Synonyms
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱনস্পতি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- বনস্পতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰡𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀦𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝနသ္ပတိ (Burmese script)
- વનસ્પતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਨਸ੍ਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂢𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವನಸ್ಪತಿ (Kannada script)
- វនស្បតិ (Khmer script)
- ວນສ຺ປຕິ (Lao script)
- വനസ്പതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘡𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧁𑧍𑧠𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐣𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵନସ୍ପତି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢥꢱ꣄ꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆤𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖡𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වනස්පති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩯𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚝𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- வநஸ்பதி (Tamil script)
- వనస్పతి (Telugu script)
- วนสฺปติ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ན་སྤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒢𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨝𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of वनस् (vánas, gen.sg. of वन् (ván, “tree, wood”)) + पति (páti, “lord”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.nɐs.pɐ́.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.n̪ɐs̪.pɐ.t̪i/
Noun
वनस्पति • (vánaspáti) stem, m
- ‘lord of the wood’, a forest tree (especially a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree)
- stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (especially the sacrificial post) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- ‘lord of plants’, the सोम (soma) plant (clarification of this definition is needed)
- the Indian fig-tree, Bignonia suaveolens
- an offering made to the sacrificial post (clarification of this definition is needed)
- anything made of wood (especially particular parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.)
- an ascetic
- an epithet of Vishnu
- name of a son of घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (in the dual) pestle and mortar
- nature
- vegetation
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वनस्पतिः (vánaspátiḥ) | वनस्पती (vánaspátī) | वनस्पतयः (vánaspátayaḥ) |
| accusative | वनस्पतिम् (vánaspátim) | वनस्पती (vánaspátī) | वनस्पतीन् (vánaspátīn) |
| instrumental | वनस्पतिना (vánaspátinā) वनस्पत्या¹ (vánaspátyā¹) |
वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) | वनस्पतिभिः (vánaspátibhiḥ) |
| dative | वनस्पतये (vánaspátaye) | वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) | वनस्पतिभ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वनस्पतेः (vánaspáteḥ) वनस्पत्यः¹ (vánaspátyaḥ¹) |
वनस्पतिभ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām) | वनस्पतिभ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वनस्पतेः (vánaspáteḥ) वनस्पत्यः¹ (vánaspátyaḥ¹) |
वनस्पत्योः (vánaspátyoḥ) | वनस्पतीनाम् (vánaspátīnām) |
| locative | वनस्पतौ (vánaspátau) वनस्पता¹ (vánaspátā¹) |
वनस्पत्योः (vánaspátyoḥ) | वनस्पतिषु (vánaspátiṣu) |
| vocative | वनस्पते (vánaspáte) | वनस्पती (vánaspátī) | वनस्पतयः (vánaspátayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Old Javanese: banaspati
Noun
वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, f
- name of a गन्धर्वी (gandharvī).(clarification of this definition is needed)
Noun
वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, n
- name of the वर्ष (varṣa) ruled by Vanaspati.(clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वनस्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ván-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500