वयन
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit वयन (vayana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋə.jən/, [ʋɐ.jɐ̃n]
Noun
वयन • (vayan) m (Urdu spelling وین)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | वयन vayan |
| oblique | वयन vayan |
| vocative | वयन vayan |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वयन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4370
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वयन+vayan”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1211
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वयन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 908
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱয়ন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
- বয়ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝယန (Burmese script)
- વયન (Gujarati script)
- ਵਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವಯನ (Kannada script)
- វយន (Khmer script)
- ວຍນ (Lao script)
- വയന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵଯନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වයන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
- வயந (Tamil script)
- వయన (Telugu script)
- วยน (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root वे (ve, “to weave”) + -अन (-ana).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
वयन • (vayana) stem, n
- (Classical Sanskrit) the act of weaving
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वयन
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वयनम् (vayanam) | वयने (vayane) | वयनानि (vayanāni) |
| accusative | वयनम् (vayanam) | वयने (vayane) | वयनानि (vayanāni) |
| instrumental | वयनेन (vayanena) | वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām) | वयनैः (vayanaiḥ) |
| dative | वयनाय (vayanāya) | वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām) | वयनेभ्यः (vayanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वयनात् (vayanāt) | वयनाभ्याम् (vayanābhyām) | वयनेभ्यः (vayanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वयनस्य (vayanasya) | वयनयोः (vayanayoḥ) | वयनानाम् (vayanānām) |
| locative | वयने (vayane) | वयनयोः (vayanayoḥ) | वयनेषु (vayaneṣu) |
| vocative | वयन (vayana) | वयने (vayane) | वयनानि (vayanāni) |
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “वयन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वयन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1389
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vayana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 659