વહાણું
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- વાણું (vāṇũ)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Gujarati विहानउ (vihānaü), from Old Gujarati विहाणइ (vihāṇaï), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀦𑀁 (vibhāyanaṃ), from Sanskrit *विभान (*vibhāna). Cognate with Assamese বিহান (bihan), Bengali বিহান (bihan), Nepali बियान (biyān), and Sindhi وِهاڻيِ (vihāṇī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈʋə.ɦɑ.ɳũ/
- Rhymes: -ũ
Noun
વહાણું • (vahāṇũ) n
- dawn
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:સવાર
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | વહાણું (vahāṇũ) | વહાણાં, વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃, vahāṇā̃o) |
| oblique | વહાણા (vahāṇā) | વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃o) |
| vocative | વહાણા (vahāṇā) | વહાણાંઓ (vahāṇā̃o) |
| instrumental | વહાણે (vahāṇe) | વહાણાંએ (vahāṇā̃e) |
| locative | વહાણે (vahāṇe) | વહાણે (vahāṇe) |
Further reading
- जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “વહાણું”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi].
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vibhāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 686