विमान

Borrowed from Sanskrit विमान (vimāna). Doublet of बेवान (bevān).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.mɑːn/, [ʋɪ.mä̃ːn]

विमान • (vimān) m (Urdu spelling ومان)

1. airplane, aircraft, airliner, jet

   Synonyms: वायु-यान (vāyu-yān), हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz)

   वह विमान से छतरी के सहारे उतर गया।

   vah vimān se chatrī ke sahāre utar gayā.

   He got down from the airplane with the help of a parachute.

• विमान-पत्तन (vimān-pattan)
• विमान-परिचारिका (vimān-paricārikā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विमान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

विमान • (vimān) n (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. airplane

Borrowed from Sanskrit विमान (vimāna). Compare with Old Marathi विमान (vimāna, “a vehicle that travels through the sky”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.man/

विमान • (vimān) n

1. (mythology) A chariot of the gods
2. (by extension) An airplane

• विमानतळ (vimāntaḷ, “airport”)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “विमान”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

वि- (vi-) +‎ मान (mā́na, “measuring”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.mɑ́ː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.mɑː.n̪ɐ/

विमान • (vimā́na) stem^[1][2]

1. measuring out, traversing (RV., AV., MBh.)

विमान • (vimā́na) stem, m or n ^[1][2]

1. a car or chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car (sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the vimāna more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be 7 stories high; that of रावण (rāvaṇa) was called पुष्पक (puṣpaka); the नौविमान (nau-vi-māna) [Ragh. XVO, 68] is thought to resemble a ship) (MBh., (Kāv. etc.)

   Synonym: पुष्पक (puṣpaka)

विमान • (vimā́na) stem, m ^[2]

1. any car or vehicle (especially a bier) (Rājat. VII, 446)
2. the palace of an emperor or supreme monarch (especially one with 7 stories) (MBh., Kāv. etc.)
3. a temple or shrine of a particular form (VarBṛS.)
4. a kind of tower (?) (R. V, 52, 8)
5. grove (Jātakam.)
6. ship, boat (L.)
7. horse (L.)
8. (New Sanskrit) airplane, aircraft

विमान • (vimā́na) stem, n ^[1][2]

1. measure (RV.)
2. extension (RV.)
3. (medicine) the science of (right) measure or proportion (e.g. of the right relation between the humours of the body, of medicines and remedies etc.) (Car.)

• Pali: vimāna
• → Bengali: বিমান (biman)
• → English: vimana
• → Gujarati: વિમાન (vimān)
• → Kannada: ವಿಮಾನ (vimāna)
• → Hindi: विमान (vimān)
• → Malayalam: വിമാനം (vimānaṁ)
• → Marathi: विमान (vimān)
• → Odia: ବିମାନ (bimāna)
• → Punjabi: ਵਿਮਾਨ (vimān)
• → Burmese: ဗိမာန် (bi.man)
• → Tamil: விமானம் (vimāṉam)
• → Telugu: విమానము (vimānamu)
• → Urdu: ومان (vimān)

वि- (vi-) +‎ मान (māna, “opinion, pride”).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.mɑː.n̪ɐ/

विमान • (vimāna) stem^[3]

1. devoid of honour, disgraced (BhP.)

विमान • (vimāna) stem, m ^[4]

1. disrespect, dishonour

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vimāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.