पवन

See also: पावनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pávana).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पवन • (pavan) m (Urdu spelling پون)

1. air, breeze, wind

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

   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

References

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

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

पवन • (pávana) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पवन (pavana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पवनः pavanaḥ	पवनौ / पवना¹ pavanau / pavanā¹	पवनाः / पवनासः¹ pavanāḥ / pavanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पवन pavana	पवनौ / पवना¹ pavanau / pavanā¹	पवनाः / पवनासः¹ pavanāḥ / pavanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पवनम् pavanam	पवनौ / पवना¹ pavanau / pavanā¹	पवनान् pavanān
Instrumental	पवनेन pavanena	पवनाभ्याम् pavanābhyām	पवनैः / पवनेभिः¹ pavanaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Gujarati: પવન (pavan)
• → Hindi: पवन (pavan)
• → Malay: pawana
• → Tamil: பவனம் (pavaṉam), பவனன் (pavaṉaṉ)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pavana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.