वन्धुर
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- बन्धुर (bandhura)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱন্ধুৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬦ᭄ᬥᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
- বন্ধুর (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဝန္ဓုရ (Burmese script)
- વન્ધુર (Gujarati script)
- ਵਨ੍ਧੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦤ꧀ꦣꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ವನ್ಧುರ (Kannada script)
- វន្ធុរ (Khmer script)
- ວນ຺ຘຸຣ (Lao script)
- വന്ധുര (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠨᢡᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠨᢑᠾᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଵନ୍ଧୁର (Odia script)
- ꢮꢥ꣄ꢤꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
- වන්ධුර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
- வந்து⁴ர (Tamil script)
- వన్ధుర (Telugu script)
- วนฺธุร (Thai script)
- ཝ་ནྡྷུ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Armenian վանդակ (vandak), English wander.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐn.dʱú.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐn̪.d̪ʱu.ɾɐ/
Noun
वन्धुर • (vandhúra) stem, n
- the seat of a charioteer, the fore part of a chariot or place at the end of the shafts, a carriage-seat or driver's box
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वन्धुरम् (vandhúram) | वन्धुरे (vandhúre) | वन्धुराणि (vandhúrāṇi) वन्धुरा¹ (vandhúrā¹) |
| accusative | वन्धुरम् (vandhúram) | वन्धुरे (vandhúre) | वन्धुराणि (vandhúrāṇi) वन्धुरा¹ (vandhúrā¹) |
| instrumental | वन्धुरेण (vandhúreṇa) | वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) | वन्धुरैः (vandhúraiḥ) वन्धुरेभिः¹ (vandhúrebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वन्धुराय (vandhúrāya) | वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) | वन्धुरेभ्यः (vandhúrebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वन्धुरात् (vandhúrāt) | वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) | वन्धुरेभ्यः (vandhúrebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वन्धुरस्य (vandhúrasya) | वन्धुरयोः (vandhúrayoḥ) | वन्धुराणाम् (vandhúrāṇām) |
| locative | वन्धुरे (vandhúre) | वन्धुरयोः (vandhúrayoḥ) | वन्धुरेषु (vandhúreṣu) |
| vocative | वन्धुर (vándhura) | वन्धुरे (vándhure) | वन्धुराणि (vándhurāṇi) वन्धुरा¹ (vándhurā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- त्रिवन्धुर (trivandhura)
- सृप्रवन्धुर (sṛpravandhura)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वन्धुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503