वनस्पति

Hindi

Picture dictionary: वृक्ष (tree)

वृक्ष (tree)

वनस्पति

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जड़

तना

शाखा

पत्ता

पत्ता

फल

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati).

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) m (Urdu spelling ونسپت)

1. plant, vegetation
2. vegetable

Declension

Declension of वनस्पति (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वनस्पति vanaspati	वनस्पति vanaspati
oblique	वनस्पति vanaspati	वनस्पतियों vanaspatiyõ
vocative	वनस्पति vanaspati	वनस्पतियो vanaspatiyo

Synonyms

• (plant): पौधा (paudhā)
• (vegetable): सब्ज़ी (sabzī)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱনস্পতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বনস্পতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝနသ္ပတိ (Burmese script)
• વનસ્પતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨਸ੍ਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವನಸ್ಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• វនស្បតិ (Khmer script)
• ວນສ຺ປຕິ (Lao script)
• വനസ്പതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧍𑧠𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵନସ୍ପତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥꢱ꣄ꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වනස‍්පති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வநஸ்பதி (Tamil script)
• వనస్పతి (Telugu script)
• วนสฺปติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ན་སྤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of वनस् (vánas, gen.sg. of वन् (ván, “tree, wood”)) +‎ पति (páti, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.nɐs.pɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.n̪ɐs̪.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

वन॒स्पति॑ • (vánaspáti) stem, m

1. ‘lord of the wood’, a forest tree (especially a large tree bearing fruit apparently without blossoms, as several species of the fig, the jack tree etc., but also applied to any tree)
2. stem, trunk, beam, timber, post (especially the sacrificial post) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. ‘lord of plants’, the सोम (soma) plant (clarification of this definition is needed)
4. the Indian fig-tree, Bignonia suaveolens
5. an offering made to the sacrificial post (clarification of this definition is needed)
6. anything made of wood (especially particular parts of a car or carriage, a wooden drum, a wooden amulet, a block on which criminals are executed, a coffin etc.)
7. an ascetic
8. an epithet of Vishnu
9. name of a son of घृत-पृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha) (clarification of this definition is needed)
10. (in the dual) pestle and mortar
11. nature
12. vegetation

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of वन॒स्पति॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वन॒स्पतिः॑ (vánaspátiḥ)	वन॒स्पती॑ (vánaspátī)	वन॒स्पत॑यः (vánaspátayaḥ)
accusative	वन॒स्पति॑म् (vánaspátim)	वन॒स्पती॑ (vánaspátī)	वन॒स्पती॑न् (vánaspátīn)
instrumental	वन॒स्पति॑ना (vánaspátinā)	वन॒स्पति॑भ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām)	वन॒स्पति॑भिः (vánaspátibhiḥ)
dative	वन॒स्पत॑ये (vánaspátaye)	वन॒स्पति॑भ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām)	वन॒स्पति॑भ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ)
ablative	वन॒स्पतेः॑ (vánaspáteḥ)	वन॒स्पति॑भ्याम् (vánaspátibhyām)	वन॒स्पति॑भ्यः (vánaspátibhyaḥ)
genitive	वन॒स्पतेः॑ (vánaspáteḥ)	वन॒स्पत्योः॑ (vánaspátyoḥ)	वन॒स्पती॑नाम् (vánaspátīnām)
locative	वन॒स्पतौ॑ (vánaspátau) वन॒स्पता॑¹ (vánaspátā¹)	वन॒स्पत्योः॑ (vánaspátyoḥ)	वन॒स्पति॑षु (vánaspátiṣu)
vocative	वन॑स्पते (vánaspate)	वन॑स्पती (vánaspatī)	वन॑स्पतयः (vánaspatayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: banaspati
  • Javanese: ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”)
    • → Indonesian: banaspati
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, f

1. name of a गन्धर्वी (gandharvī).(clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

वनस्पति • (vanaspati) stem, n

1. name of the वर्ष (varṣa) ruled by Vanaspati.(clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वनस्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ván-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 500