वमन
See also: विमान
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वमन (vamana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋə.mən/, [ʋɐ.mɐ̃n]
Noun
वमन • (vaman) m (formal)
- the act of vomiting
- an emetic
- (rare) hemp
- Synonyms: इंद्राशन (indrāśan), अजया (ajyā), आनंदा (ānandā), भाँग (bhāṅg), भंगा (bhaṅgā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वमन vaman |
वमन vaman |
| oblique | वमन vaman |
वमनों vamanõ |
| vocative | वमन vaman |
वमनो vamano |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वमन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वमन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱমন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬫᬦ (Balinese script)
- বমন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰦𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝမန (Burmese script)
- વમન (Gujarati script)
- ਵਮਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌮𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦩꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂧𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವಮನ (Kannada script)
- វមន (Khmer script)
- ວມນ (Lao script)
- വമന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘦𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧆𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐩𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵମନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢪꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆩𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖦𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වමන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩴𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚢𑚝 (Takri script)
- வமந (Tamil script)
- వమన (Telugu script)
- วมน (Thai script)
- ཝ་མ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒧𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨢𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root वम् (vam, “to vomit”) + -अन (-ana).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.mɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.mɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
वमन • (vamana) stem, n
- the act of vomiting
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वमन
- emitting, emission
- ‘causing vomiting’, an emetic
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वमनम् (vamanam) | वमने (vamane) | वमनानि (vamanāni) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
| accusative | वमनम् (vamanam) | वमने (vamane) | वमनानि (vamanāni) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
| instrumental | वमनेन (vamanena) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनैः (vamanaiḥ) वमनेभिः¹ (vamanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वमनाय (vamanāya) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनेभ्यः (vamanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वमनात् (vamanāt) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनेभ्यः (vamanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वमनस्य (vamanasya) | वमनयोः (vamanayoḥ) | वमनानाम् (vamanānām) |
| locative | वमने (vamane) | वमनयोः (vamanayoḥ) | वमनेषु (vamaneṣu) |
| vocative | वमन (vamana) | वमने (vamane) | वमनानि (vamanāni) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
वमन • (vamana) stem, m
- hemp
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भङ्गा
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वमनः (vamanaḥ) | वमनौ (vamanau) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
वमनाः (vamanāḥ) वमनासः¹ (vamanāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | वमनम् (vamanam) | वमनौ (vamanau) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
वमनान् (vamanān) |
| instrumental | वमनेन (vamanena) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनैः (vamanaiḥ) वमनेभिः¹ (vamanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वमनाय (vamanāya) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनेभ्यः (vamanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वमनात् (vamanāt) | वमनाभ्याम् (vamanābhyām) | वमनेभ्यः (vamanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वमनस्य (vamanasya) | वमनयोः (vamanayoḥ) | वमनानाम् (vamanānām) |
| locative | वमने (vamane) | वमनयोः (vamanayoḥ) | वमनेषु (vamaneṣu) |
| vocative | वमन (vamana) | वमनौ (vamanau) वमना¹ (vamanā¹) |
वमनाः (vamanāḥ) वमनासः¹ (vamanāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “वमन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vamana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वमन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vamana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 658