વસંત

Gujarati

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta). Doublet of બહાર (bahār).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

વસંત • (vasantm

  1. a male given name, Vasant, from Sanskrit, feminine equivalent વસંતી (vasantī)

Proper noun

વસંત • (vasant?

  1. a surname, Vasant, from Sanskrit, of Lohana usage

Noun

વસંત • (vasantm

  1. spring
    Synonym: બહાર (bahār)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sant Shri Asharamji Ashram, આરોગ્યનિધિ-1, page 12:
      શીત ઋતુ અને ગ્રીષ્મ ઋતુનો સંધિકાળ એટલે વસંત ઋતુ. આ ઋતુમાં નથી વધારે ઠંડી હોતી કે નથી વધારે ગરમી હોતી.
      śīt ŕtu ane grīṣma ŕtuno sandhikāḷ eṭale vasant ŕtu. ā ŕtumā̃ nathī vadhāre ṭhaṇḍī hotī ke nathī vadhāre garmī hotī.
      The transition period between winter and summer is called spring. In this season, it is not too cold and not too hot.
  2. pox; smallpox
    Synonym: શીતળા (śītaḷā)
  3. dysentery
    Synonym: મરડો (marḍo)
  4. (music) an evening or springtime raga of the Purvi thaat
  5. (figurative) prime of one's life; the bloom of youth
    Synonym: બહાર (bahār)

Derived terms

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