वर्ण

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa). Doublet of बान (bān).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋəɾɳ/

Noun[edit]

वर्ण (varṇm

  1. color
    Synonym: रंग (raṅg)
  2. race (ethnic group, often categorized by skin colour)
  3. caste, class
  4. letter
    वर्णमालाvarṇamālāalphabet
  5. (phonetics) a phone

Declension[edit]

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Marathi[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

वर्ण (varṇam

  1. colour
    Synonym: रंग (raṅga)
  2. complexion
    कृष्णवर्ण
    kruṣṇavarṇa
    dark complexion
  3. letter

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵(varənah, covering).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

वर्ण (várṇam

  1. outward appearance, exterior, figure, form, shape, color
  2. covering
  3. race, species kind, race, caste

Declension[edit]

Masculine a-stem declension of वर्ण (várṇa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वर्णः
várṇaḥ
वर्णौ
várṇau
वर्णाः / वर्णासः¹
várṇāḥ / várṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative वर्ण
várṇa
वर्णौ
várṇau
वर्णाः / वर्णासः¹
várṇāḥ / várṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative वर्णम्
várṇam
वर्णौ
várṇau
वर्णान्
várṇān
Instrumental वर्णेन
várṇena
वर्णाभ्याम्
várṇābhyām
वर्णैः / वर्णेभिः¹
várṇaiḥ / várṇebhiḥ¹
Dative वर्णाय
várṇāya
वर्णाभ्याम्
várṇābhyām
वर्णेभ्यः
várṇebhyaḥ
Ablative वर्णात्
várṇāt
वर्णाभ्याम्
várṇābhyām
वर्णेभ्यः
várṇebhyaḥ
Genitive वर्णस्य
várṇasya
वर्णयोः
várṇayoḥ
वर्णानाम्
várṇānām
Locative वर्णे
várṇe
वर्णयोः
várṇayoḥ
वर्णेषु
várṇeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References[edit]

  • व॑र्ण” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 475, column 2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “वर्ण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 271
  • Monier Williams (1899), “Várṇa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 924, column 2.
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 737