वसन
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- vasana (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ৰসন (Bengali script)
- වසන (Sinhalese script)
- ဝသန or ဝသၼ (Burmese script)
- วสน or วะสะนะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᩈᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ວສນ or ວະສະນະ (Lao script)
- វសន (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄥𑄚 (Chakma script)
Noun
वसन n
- Devanagari script form of vasana (“garment”)
Declension
Declension table of "वसन" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वसनं (vasanaṃ) | वसनानि (vasanāni) |
| Accusative (second) | वसनं (vasanaṃ) | वसनानि (vasanāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | वसनेन (vasanena) | वसनेहि (vasanehi) or वसनेभि (vasanebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वसनस्स (vasanassa) or वसनाय (vasanāya) or वसनत्थं (vasanatthaṃ) | वसनानं (vasanānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वसनस्मा (vasanasmā) or वसनम्हा (vasanamhā) or वसना (vasanā) | वसनेहि (vasanehi) or वसनेभि (vasanebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वसनस्स (vasanassa) | वसनानं (vasanānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वसनस्मिं (vasanasmiṃ) or वसनम्हि (vasanamhi) or वसने (vasane) | वसनेसु (vasanesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वसन (vasana) | वसनानि (vasanāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৱসন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
- বসন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသန (Burmese script)
- વસન (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸನ (Kannada script)
- វសន (Khmer script)
- ວສນ (Lao script)
- വസന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵସନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වසන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
- வஸந (Tamil script)
- వసన (Telugu script)
- วสน (Thai script)
- ཝ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásHanam (“clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *wés-h₂nos (“clothing”), from the root *wes- (“to wear”). By surface analysis, from the root वस् (vas, “to wear, put on”) + -अन (-ana, instrument noun), literally “means of clothing oneself”.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀 (vaŋhana, “garment”), Ancient Greek ἑᾰνός (heănós, “robe”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.sɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
वसन • (vásana) stem, n
- clothing, garment, dress
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.95.7:
- उद्यं॑यमीति सवि॒तेव॑ बा॒हू उ॒भे सिचौ॑ यतते भी॒म ऋ॒ञ्जन् ।
उच्छु॒क्रमत्क॑मजते सि॒मस्मा॒न्नवा॑ मा॒तृभ्यो॒ वस॑ना जहाति ॥- údyaṃyamīti savitéva bāhū́ ubhé sícau yatate bhīmá ṛñján.
úcchukrámátkamajate simásmānnávā mātṛ́bhyo vásanā jahāti. - Like Savitar his arms with might he stretches; awful, he strives grasping the world's two borders.
He forces out from all a brilliant vesture, yea, from his Mothers draws he forth new garments.
- údyaṃyamīti savitéva bāhū́ ubhé sícau yatate bhīmá ṛñján.
- उद्यं॑यमीति सवि॒तेव॑ बा॒हू उ॒भे सिचौ॑ यतते भी॒म ऋ॒ञ्जन् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वसनम् (vásanam) | वसने (vásane) | वसनानि (vásanāni) वसना¹ (vásanā¹) |
| accusative | वसनम् (vásanam) | वसने (vásane) | वसनानि (vásanāni) वसना¹ (vásanā¹) |
| instrumental | वसनेन (vásanena) | वसनाभ्याम् (vásanābhyām) | वसनैः (vásanaiḥ) वसनेभिः¹ (vásanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वसनाय (vásanāya) | वसनाभ्याम् (vásanābhyām) | वसनेभ्यः (vásanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वसनात् (vásanāt) | वसनाभ्याम् (vásanābhyām) | वसनेभ्यः (vásanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वसनस्य (vásanasya) | वसनयोः (vásanayoḥ) | वसनानाम् (vásanānām) |
| locative | वसने (vásane) | वसनयोः (vásanayoḥ) | वसनेषु (vásaneṣu) |
| vocative | वसन (vásana) | वसने (vásane) | वसनानि (vásanāni) वसना¹ (vásanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- ^ Wackernagel, Jakob, Albert Debrunner (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)[1] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, §82. a), page 185
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “वसन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932.