وامن

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of بَونَا (baunā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

وَامَن (vāman) (Hindi spelling वामन)

  1. (rare) small, dwarfish

Noun[edit]

وَامَن (vāmanm (Hindi spelling वामन)

  1. (rare) a dwarf

Declension[edit]

Declension of وامن
singular plural
direct وَامَن (vāman) وَامَن (vāman)
oblique وَامَن (vāman) وَامَنوں (vāmanō̃)
vocative وَامَن (vāman) وَامَنو (vāmanō)

Proper noun[edit]

وَامَن (vāmanm (Hindi spelling वामन) (Hinduism)

  1. Vāmana (the fifth avatar of Viṣṇu)
  2. name of Śiva
  3. name of the elephant that supports the south or west quarter

Declension[edit]

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References[edit]

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “vāman”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.