English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).
Proper noun
Varanasi
- A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 389:On either side of the roof, Varanasi stretched out in an arc, its sandstone walls catching the light until they shone a rich sepia gold.
Synonyms
Translations
city in India
- Burmese: ဝါရာဏသီ (warana.si)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瓦拉納西 / 瓦拉纳西 (Wǎlānàxī)
- Czech: Váránasí n
- Dzongkha: ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (wā rā ṇa sī)
- French: Bénarès (fr) m
- Hindi: वाराणसी (hi) (vārāṇsī), बनारस (hi) (banāras)
- Japanese: ワーラーナシー (Wārānashī)
- Korean: 바라나시 (Baranasi)
- Malayalam: വാരാണസി (ml) (vārāṇasi), ബനാറസ് (banāṟasŭ)
- Marathi: वाराणसी n (vārāṇsī)
- Persian: بنارس (banâras), وارانسی (vârânasi)
- Portuguese: Varanasi, (please verify) Varanássi
- Russian: Варана́си m (Varanási), Банарас m (Banaras), Бенарес (Benares)
- Sanskrit: वाराणसी (sa) f (vārāṇasī)
- Spanish: Benarés (es) m, Varanasi
- Tamil: காசி (ta) (kāci), வாரணவாசி (vāraṇavāci), வாரணசி (vāraṇaci), வாரணாசி (ta) (vāraṇāci)
- Telugu: వారణాసి (te) (vāraṇāsi)
- Thai: พาราณสี (paaraannásĕe), วาราณสี (waaraanásĕe)
- Urdu: بنارس (banāras), کاشی (kāśī), وارانسی (vārāṇasī)
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾaˈnasi/ [ba.ɾaˈna.si]
- Rhymes: -asi
- Syllabification: Va‧ra‧na‧si
Proper noun
Varanasi ?
- (proscribed) synonym of Benarés (“Varanasi”)
See also