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बनारस

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀻 (vārāṇasī), from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī) (which is a metathesized form).^[1] Alternatively, named after the Rājā Bānār, who had rebuilt the city.

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.nɑː.ɾəs/, [bɐ.näː.ɾɐs]

Proper noun

बनारस • (banāras) f (Urdu spelling بنارس)

Varanasi, Benares, Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, sacred to Hinduism and Jainism)
Synonyms: वाराणसी (vārāṇsī), काशी (kāśī)

Declension

Declension of *बनारस* (sg-only fem cons-stem)
	singular
direct	बनारस banāras
oblique	बनारस banāras
vocative	बनारस banāras

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vārāṇasī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674

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