पवन

See also: पावनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pávana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʋən/, [pɐ.ʋɐ̃n]

Noun

पवन • (pavan) m (Urdu spelling پون)

1. air, breeze, wind

   Synonyms: हवा (havā), वायु (vāyu), अनिल (anil), समीर (samīr)

   पवन-चक्की टूट गई है। ― pavan-cakkī ṭūṭ gaī hai. ― The windmill is broken.

Declension

Declension of पवन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पवन pavan	पवन pavan
oblique	पवन pavan	पवनों pavanõ
vocative	पवन pavan	पवनो pavano

Proper noun

पवन • (pavan) m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Lord Vayu, the god of winds
2. a male given name, Pavan, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of पवन (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	पवन pavan
oblique	पवन pavan
vocative	पवन pavan

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “पवन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2896
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “पवन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 410
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पवन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 614
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “पवन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 381.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pavana). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘢𑘪𑘡 (pavana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ʋən/
• Hyphenation: प‧वन
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

पवन • (pavan) m (poetic, literary)

1. air, wind, breeze

   Synonyms: हवा (havā) (standard), वायू (vāyū), समीर (samīr), अनिल (anil)

Declension

Declension of पवन (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	पवन pavan
direct plural	पवन pavan
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पवन pavan		पवन pavan
oblique सामान्यरूप	पवना pavnā		पवनां- pavnān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पवनाला pavnālā		पवनांना pavnānnā
ergative	पवनाने, पवनानं pavnāne, pavnāna		पवनांनी pavnānnī
instrumental	पवनाशी pavnāśī		पवनांशी pavnānśī
locative सप्तमी	पवनात pavnāt		पवनांत pavnāt
vocative संबोधन	पवना pavnā		पवनांनो pavnānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पवन (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पवनाचा pavnāċā	पवनाचे pavnāċe	पवनाची pavnācī	पवनाच्या pavnācā	पवनाचे, पवनाचं pavnāċe, pavnāċa	पवनाची pavnācī	पवनाच्या pavnācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पवनांचा pavnānċā	पवनांचे pavnānċe	पवनांची pavnāñcī	पवनांच्या pavnāncā	पवनांचे, पवनांचं pavnānċe, pavnānċa	पवनांची pavnāñcī	पवनांच्या pavnāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Related terms

• पवनचक्की (pavancakkī)

Proper noun

पवन • (pavan) m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Vayu, the god of wind.
2. a male given name, Pavan, from Sanskrit

References

More information

Further reading

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “पवन”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পৱন (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
• পবন (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ပဝန (Burmese script)
• પવન (Gujarati script)
• ਪਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಪವನ (Kannada script)
• បវន (Khmer script)
• ປວນ (Lao script)
• പവന (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
• ପଵନ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
• පවන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
• பவந (Tamil script)
• పవన (Telugu script)
• ปวน (Thai script)
• པ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pawHanas, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-e-nos, from *pewH- (“to be pure, clean”).

Noun

पव॑न • (pávana) stem, m

1. "purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air
2. vital air, breath

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पवन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पवनः (pavanaḥ)	पवनौ (pavanau) पवना¹ (pavanā¹)	पवनाः (pavanāḥ) पवनासः¹ (pavanāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पवनम् (pavanam)	पवनौ (pavanau) पवना¹ (pavanā¹)	पवनान् (pavanān)
instrumental	पवनेन (pavanena)	पवनाभ्याम् (pavanābhyām)	पवनैः (pavanaiḥ) पवनेभिः¹ (pavanebhiḥ¹)
dative	पवनाय (pavanāya)	पवनाभ्याम् (pavanābhyām)	पवनेभ्यः (pavanebhyaḥ)
ablative	पवनात् (pavanāt)	पवनाभ्याम् (pavanābhyām)	पवनेभ्यः (pavanebhyaḥ)
genitive	पवनस्य (pavanasya)	पवनयोः (pavanayoḥ)	पवनानाम् (pavanānām)
locative	पवने (pavane)	पवनयोः (pavanayoḥ)	पवनेषु (pavaneṣu)
vocative	पवन (pavana)	पवनौ (pavanau) पवना¹ (pavanā¹)	पवनाः (pavanāḥ) पवनासः¹ (pavanāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Gujarati: પવન (pavan)
• → Hindi: पवन (pavan)
• → Kannada: ಪವನ (pavana)
• → Malay: pawana
• → Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘪𑘡 (pavana)
  • Marathi: पवन (pavan)
• → Tamil: பவனம் (pavaṉam), பவனன் (pavaṉaṉ)
• → Urdu: پَوَن (pavan)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “pavana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.