वसन्त

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.sənt̪/, [ʋɐ.sɐ̃n̪t̪]

Noun

वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)

1. alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)

Declension

Declension of वसन्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वसन्त vasant	वसन्त vasant
oblique	वसन्त vasant	वसन्तों vasantõ
vocative	वसन्त vasant	वसन्तो vasanto

Nepali

Alternative forms

• बसंत (basanta), बसन्त (basanta)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌsʌn̪t̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बसन्त

Noun

वसन्त • (vasanta)

1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category
बसन्त (basanta), वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”)	गर्मी (garmī), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”)	शरद (śarad, “autumn”)	हिउँद (hiũd), शिशिर (śiśira, “winter”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vasanta (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ৰসন্ত (Bengali script)
• වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဝသန္တ or ဝသၼ္တ or ဝသၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• วสนฺต or วะสันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ວສນ຺ຕ or ວະສັນຕະ (Lao script)
• វសន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वसन्त m

1. Devanagari script form of vasanta

Declension

Declension table of "वसन्त" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वसन्तो (vasanto)	वसन्ता (vasantā)
Accusative (second)	वसन्तं (vasantaṃ)	वसन्ते (vasante)
Instrumental (third)	वसन्तेन (vasantena)	वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वसन्तस्स (vasantassa) or वसन्ताय (vasantāya) or वसन्तत्थं (vasantatthaṃ)	वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वसन्तस्मा (vasantasmā) or वसन्तम्हा (vasantamhā) or वसन्ता (vasantā)	वसन्तेहि (vasantehi) or वसन्तेभि (vasantebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वसन्तस्स (vasantassa)	वसन्तानं (vasantānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वसन्तस्मिं (vasantasmiṃ) or वसन्तम्हि (vasantamhi) or वसन्ते (vasante)	वसन्तेसु (vasantesu)
Vocative (calling)	वसन्त (vasanta)	वसन्ता (vasantā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• বসন্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
• વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਵਸਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
• វសន្ត (Khmer script)
• ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• வஸந்த (Tamil script)
• వసన్త (Telugu script)
• วสนฺต (Thai script)
• ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥

Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás

Sanskrit वसन्त

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás, from Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s, from *wósr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar), Persian بهار (bahâr), Old Norse vár, Russian весна́ (vesná).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.sɐn.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.s̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

Noun

व॒स॒न्त • (vasantá) stem, m

1. "brilliant (season)"; the spring
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:

     श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्।
     श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पतिः॑ श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः॥

     śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n.
     śatámindrāgnī́ savitā́ bṛ́haspátiḥ śatā́yuṣā havíṣemáṃ púnarduḥ.

     Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters.
     Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Brhaspati, Savitā yield him for a hundred!

2. a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
3. name of a man (Rājat.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of व॒स॒न्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	व॒स॒न्तः (vasantáḥ)	व॒स॒न्तौ (vasantáu) व॒स॒न्ता¹ (vasantā́¹)	व॒स॒न्ताः (vasantā́ḥ) व॒स॒न्तासः॑¹ (vasantā́saḥ¹)
accusative	व॒स॒न्तम् (vasantám)	व॒स॒न्तौ (vasantáu) व॒स॒न्ता¹ (vasantā́¹)	व॒स॒न्तान् (vasantā́n)
instrumental	व॒स॒न्तेन॑ (vasanténa)	व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām)	व॒स॒न्तैः (vasantáiḥ) व॒स॒न्तेभिः॑¹ (vasantébhiḥ¹)
dative	व॒स॒न्ताय॑ (vasantā́ya)	व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām)	व॒स॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (vasantébhyaḥ)
ablative	व॒स॒न्तात् (vasantā́t)	व॒स॒न्ताभ्या॑म् (vasantā́bhyām)	व॒स॒न्तेभ्यः॑ (vasantébhyaḥ)
genitive	व॒स॒न्तस्य॑ (vasantásya)	व॒स॒न्तयोः॑ (vasantáyoḥ)	व॒स॒न्ताना॑म् (vasantā́nām)
locative	व॒स॒न्ते (vasanté)	व॒स॒न्तयोः॑ (vasantáyoḥ)	व॒स॒न्तेषु॑ (vasantéṣu)
vocative	वस॑न्त (vásanta)	वस॑न्तौ (vásantau) वस॑न्ता¹ (vásantā¹)	वस॑न्ताः (vásantāḥ) वस॑न्तासः¹ (vásantāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: básond
  • Khowar: بوسون (bosún)
  • Palula: basaánd
  • Torwali: [script needed] (basān)
  • Shina: بَزونوࣿ/बज़ोनॊ (băzṓnṷ), بَزودوࣿ (băzṓdṷ)
• Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
• Pali: vasanta
  • → Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.)
• Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)

Borrowed terms

• Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto)
  • Naga Pidgin: bokhonto, bosont
• Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto)
• Galician: vassanta
• Gujarati: વસંત (vasant)
• Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
• Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta)
• Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san)
• Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ)
• Marathi: वसंत (vasanta​)
• Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant)
• Sinhalese: වසන්ත (wasanta)
• Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam)
• Telugu: వసంతము (vasantamu)
• Thai: วสันต์ (wá-sǎn)
• Urdu: بسنت (basant)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वसन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0930/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533