वंश
Appearance
See also: विश्
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá). Doublet of बंस (bans) and बाँस (bā̃s).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वंश • (vañś) m
- (literally, rare) bamboo cane
- lineage, family
- उच्च वंश का ― ucc vañś kā ― noble, of high lineage
- dynasty, clan, house
- लोदी वंश ― lodī vañś ― Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)
- (taxonomy) genus
- (genetics) group
Declension
[edit]Declension of वंश (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (Taxonomy) वर्गिकी (vargikī); प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat, “domain”), जगत (jagat, “kingdom”), संघ (saṅgh, “phylum”), वर्ग (varg, “class”), गण (gaṇ, “order”), कुल (kul, “family”), वंश (vañś, “genus”), जाति (jāti, “species”) (Category: hi:Taxonomy)
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱংশ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
- বংশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ဝံၐ (Burmese script)
- વંશ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ವಂಶ (Kannada script)
- វំឝ (Khmer script)
- ວໍຨ (Lao script)
- വംശ (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଵଂଶ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
- වංශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
- வஂஶ (Tamil script)
- వంశ (Telugu script)
- วํศ (Thai script)
- ཝཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás
Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa)
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“bamboo; ceiling beam”); cognate with Wakhi was (“ceiling beam”), Shughni вис (vis, “main roof-beam”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m
- bamboo cane, cane
- Synonym: वेणु (veṇu)
- the upper timber or beam of a house, roofing beam, roofing lath or rafter
- reed pipe, flute (Kāv., Rājat.)
- joist, joint (VarBṛS.)
- hollow bone (BhP.)
- a measure of length (10 हस्त (hasta)) (Līl.)
- (music) musical note (Śiś.)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of वंश (vaṃśá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वंशः vaṃśáḥ |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹ |
वंशाः / वंशासः¹ vaṃśā́ḥ / vaṃśā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | वंश váṃśa |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ váṃśau / váṃśā¹ |
वंशाः / वंशासः¹ váṃśāḥ / váṃśāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | वंशम् vaṃśám |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹ |
वंशान् vaṃśā́n |
Instrumental | वंशेन vaṃśéna |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशैः / वंशेभिः¹ vaṃśaíḥ / vaṃśébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | वंशाय vaṃśā́ya |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ |
Ablative | वंशात् vaṃśā́t |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ |
Genitive | वंशस्य vaṃśásya |
वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ |
वंशानाम् vaṃśā́nām |
Locative | वंशे vaṃśé |
वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ |
वंशेषु vaṃśéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]→ Tamil: வங்கியம் (vaṅkiyam), வங்கிசம் (vaṅkicam)
- Dardic:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
- Konkani: वासो (vāsô)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Pali: vaṃsa
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
Etymology 2
[edit]A semantic extension of the "bamboo cane" sense in Etymology 1, from the succession of joints observed in a bamboo.
Noun
[edit]वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m
- race, lineage, clan, stock, pedigree, of genealogical descent or otherwise (ŚBr.)
- offspring, son (BhP.)
- collection, multitude (MBh., Kāv., etc.)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of वंश (vaṃśá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वंशः vaṃśáḥ |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹ |
वंशाः / वंशासः¹ vaṃśā́ḥ / vaṃśā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | वंश váṃśa |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ váṃśau / váṃśā¹ |
वंशाः / वंशासः¹ váṃśāḥ / váṃśāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | वंशम् vaṃśám |
वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹ |
वंशान् vaṃśā́n |
Instrumental | वंशेन vaṃśéna |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशैः / वंशेभिः¹ vaṃśaíḥ / vaṃśébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | वंशाय vaṃśā́ya |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ |
Ablative | वंशात् vaṃśā́t |
वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām |
वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ |
Genitive | वंशस्य vaṃśásya |
वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ |
वंशानाम् vaṃśā́nām |
Locative | वंशे vaṃśé |
वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ |
वंशेषु vaṃśéṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
[edit]- राजवंश (rājavaṃśa, “dynasty”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Assamese: বঙহ (boṅoh)
- → Bengali: বংশ (boṅśo)
- → Balinese: ᬯᬂᬲ (wangsa)
- → Hindi: वंश (vañś)
- → Old Javanese: waṅśa
- → Kannada: ವಂಶಂ (vaṃśaṃ)
- → Old Malay: vaṃśa
- → Marathi: वंश (vauśa)
- → Tamil: வம்சம் (vamcam)
- → Telugu: వంశం (vaṁśaṁ)
- → Thai: วงศ์ (wong)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vam̆́śá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 485
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vam·śá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 549-50
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910/1.
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