वाराणसी
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī). Doublet of बनारस (banāras).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɑːɳ.siː/, [ʋäː.ɾä̃ːɳ.siː]
Proper noun
वाराणसी • (vārāṇsī) f (Urdu spelling وارانسی)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | वाराणसी vārāṇsī |
| oblique | वाराणसी vārāṇsī |
| vocative | वाराणसी vārāṇsī |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- वारणसी (vāraṇasī), वराणसी (varāṇasī), वाणारसी (vāṇārasī)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাৰাণসী (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬭᬵᬡᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
- বারাণসী (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰯𑰜𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါရာဏသီ (Burmese script)
- વારાણસી (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਰਾਣਸੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦫꦴꦟꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂰𑂝𑂮𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾರಾಣಸೀ (Kannada script)
- វារាណសី (Khmer script)
- ວາຣາຓສີ (Lao script)
- വാരാണസീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᠠᠰ᠌ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘭𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠷᠠᢗᢏᠠᠰᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧈𑧑𑦼𑧍𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐬𑐵𑐞𑐳𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଵାରାଣସୀ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢬꢵꢠꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆳𑆟𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖯𑖜𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
- වාරාණසී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩼𑩛𑩪𑪁𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚭𑚘𑚨𑚯 (Takri script)
- வாராணஸீ (Tamil script)
- వారాణసీ (Telugu script)
- วาราณสี (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒰𑒝𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨊𑨘𑨰𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɑː.ɳɐ.s̪iː/
Proper noun
वाराणसी • (vārāṇasī) stem, f
- Varanasi (a metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India)
- the ancient capital of Kāśī Kingdom
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | वाराणसी (vārāṇasī) |
| accusative | वाराणसीम् (vārāṇasīm) |
| instrumental | वाराणस्या (vārāṇasyā) |
| dative | वाराणस्यै (vārāṇasyai) |
| ablative | वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ) |
| genitive | वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ) |
| locative | वाराणस्याम् (vārāṇasyām) |
| vocative | वाराणसि (vārāṇasi) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाराणसी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 944, column 2.