वेतन
See also: वैतान
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वेतन (vetána).
Noun
वेतन • (vetan) m (Urdu spelling ويتن)
- wages, salary
- वे अधिक वेतन के लिए आंदोलन कर रहे थे।
- ve adhik vetan ke lie āndolan kar rahe the.
- They were agitating for higher wages.
- अगली सूचना तक उसका वेतन रोक दिया गया है।
- aglī sūcnā tak uskā vetan rok diyā gayā hai.
- His salary has been withheld until further notice.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वेतन vetan |
वेतन vetan |
| oblique | वेतन vetan |
वेतनों vetanõ |
| vocative | वेतन vetan |
वेतनो vetano |
Synonyms
- तनख़्वाह (tanaxvāh)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वेतन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেতন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
- বেতন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေတန (Burmese script)
- વેતન (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇತನ (Kannada script)
- វេតន (Khmer script)
- ເວຕນ (Lao script)
- വേതന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵେତନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වෙතන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
- வேதந (Tamil script)
- వేతన (Telugu script)
- เวตน (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ཏ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वी (vī, “to approach, procure”); Monier-Williams and Mayrhofer's conjectures linking the word to वृत् (vṛt, “to turn”) and विद् (vid, “to know, find”) respectively are inaccurate.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐj.tɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
वेतन • (vetana) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेतनम् (vetanam) | वेतने (vetane) | वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹) |
| accusative | वेतनम् (vetanam) | वेतने (vetane) | वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹) |
| instrumental | वेतनेन (vetanena) | वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām) | वेतनैः (vetanaiḥ) वेतनेभिः¹ (vetanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वेतनाय (vetanāya) | वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām) | वेतनेभ्यः (vetanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वेतनात् (vetanāt) | वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām) | वेतनेभ्यः (vetanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वेतनस्य (vetanasya) | वेतनयोः (vetanayoḥ) | वेतनानाम् (vetanānām) |
| locative | वेतने (vetane) | वेतनयोः (vetanayoḥ) | वेतनेषु (vetaneṣu) |
| vocative | वेतन (vetana) | वेतने (vetane) | वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 578