वैशाख
Hindi
Alternative forms
- बैसाख (baisākh)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɛː.ʃɑːkʰ/, [ʋɛː.ʃäːkʰ]
Noun
वैशाख • (vaiśākh) m
- Vaisakha (the second month in the Indian national calendar and in the lunar Hindu calendar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वैशाख vaiśākh |
वैशाख vaiśākh |
| oblique | वैशाख vaiśākh |
वैशाखों vaiśākhõ |
| vocative | वैशाख vaiśākh |
वैशाखो vaiśākho |
Related terms
lunar monthsedit
- अगहन (aghan) ~ अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), मगसिर (magsir) ~ मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ)
- असाढ़ (asāṛh) ~ आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh)
- आसिन (āsin) ~ आश्विन (āśvin)
- कातिक (kātik) ~ कार्तिक (kārtik)
- चैत (cait) ~ चैत्र (caitra)
- जेठ (jeṭh) ~ ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh)
- पोस (pos) ~ पौष (pauṣ)
- फागुन (phāgun) ~ फाल्गुन (phālgun)
- बैसाख (baisākh) ~ वैशाख (vaiśākh)
- भादों (bhādõ) ~ भाद्र (bhādra)
- माह (māh) ~ माघ (māgh)
- सावन (sāvan) ~ श्रावण (śrāvaṇ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वैशाख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 941, 970.
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʌi̯säk̞ʰ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: बैसाख्
Proper noun
वैशाख • (vaiśākh)
- Vaisakha
- the first month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the second month in the lunar Hindu calendar
Related terms
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “वैशाख”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “baisakh”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱৈশাখ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬿᬰᬵᬔ (Balinese script)
- বৈশাখ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰹𑰫𑰯𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁃𑀰𑀸𑀔 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဲၐာခ (Burmese script)
- વૈશાખ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੈਸ਼ਾਖ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍈𑌶𑌾𑌖 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦻꦯꦴꦑ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂶𑂬𑂰𑂎 (Kaithi script)
- ವೈಶಾಖ (Kannada script)
- វៃឝាខ (Khmer script)
- ໄວຨາຂ (Lao script)
- വൈശാഖ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡳᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘺𑘫𑘰𑘏 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᠧᠱᠠᢗᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧛𑧋𑧑𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐿𑐱𑐵𑐏 (Newa script)
- ଵୈଶାଖ (Odia script)
- ꢮꣀꢯꢵꢓ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆽𑆯𑆳𑆒 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖹𑖫𑖯𑖏 (Siddham script)
- වෛශාඛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩗𑩿𑩛𑩝 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚳𑚧𑚭𑚋 (Takri script)
- வைஶாக² (Tamil script)
- వైశాఖ (Telugu script)
- ไวศาข (Thai script)
- ཝཻ་ཤཱ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒻𑒬𑒰𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨇𑨮𑨊𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of विशाखा (viśākhā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑːj.ɕɑː.kʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑj.ɕɑː.kʰɐ/
Proper noun
वैशाख • (vaiśākha) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Second month of the Hindu lunar calendar
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | वैशाखः (vaiśākhaḥ) |
| accusative | वैशाखम् (vaiśākham) |
| instrumental | वैशाखेन (vaiśākhena) |
| dative | वैशाखाय (vaiśākhāya) |
| ablative | वैशाखात् (vaiśākhāt) |
| genitive | वैशाखस्य (vaiśākhasya) |
| locative | वैशाखे (vaiśākhe) |
| vocative | वैशाख (vaiśākha) |