वह्नि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वह्नि (vahni).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɦ.niː/, [ʋɛʱ.niː]

Noun

वह्नि • (vahni) m

1. fire

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अग्नि

Declension

Declension of वह्नि (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वह्नि vahni	वह्नि vahni
oblique	वह्नि vahni	वह्नियों vahniyõ
vocative	वह्नि vahni	वह्नियो vahniyo

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “वह्नि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱহ্নি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬳ᭄ᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
• বহ্নি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰮𑰿𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀳𑁆𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဟ္နိ (Burmese script)
• વહ્નિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਹ੍ਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦲ꧀ꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂯𑂹𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಹ್ನಿ (Kannada script)
• វហ្និ (Khmer script)
• ວຫ຺ນິ (Lao script)
• വഹ്നി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡥᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘮𑘿𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠾᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧎𑧠𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐴𑑂𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵହ୍ନି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢲ꣄ꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆲𑇀𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖮𑖿𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වහ‍්නි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪂 𑪙𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚩𑚶𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
• வஹ்நி (Tamil script)
• వహ్ని (Telugu script)
• วหฺนิ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཧྣི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒯𑓂𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨱𑩇𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root वह् (vah) +‎ -नि (-ni).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́ɦ.ni/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɦ.n̪i/

Noun

वह्नि॑ • (váhni) stem, m

1. (Vedic) any animal that draws or bears along, a draught animal, horse, team
2. (Vedic) charioteer, said of various gods, especially Agni, Indra, Savitr and the Maruts
3. (Rigvedic) the conveyer or bearer of oblations to the god, especially said of Agni, or of the three sacrificial fires
4. a particular fire (Gṛhyās.)
5. (Classical Sanskrit, Epic Sanskrit) fire, god of fire

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of वह्नि॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वह्निः॑ (váhniḥ)	वह्नी॑ (váhnī)	वह्न॑यः (váhnayaḥ)
accusative	वह्नि॑म् (váhnim)	वह्नी॑ (váhnī)	वह्नी॑न् (váhnīn)
instrumental	वह्नि॑ना (váhninā)	वह्नि॑भ्याम् (váhnibhyām)	वह्नि॑भिः (váhnibhiḥ)
dative	वह्न॑ये (váhnaye)	वह्नि॑भ्याम् (váhnibhyām)	वह्नि॑भ्यः (váhnibhyaḥ)
ablative	वह्नेः॑ (váhneḥ)	वह्नि॑भ्याम् (váhnibhyām)	वह्नि॑भ्यः (váhnibhyaḥ)
genitive	वह्नेः॑ (váhneḥ)	वह्न्योः॑ (váhnyoḥ)	वह्नी॑नाम् (váhnīnām)
locative	वह्नौ॑ (váhnau) वह्ना॑¹ (váhnā¹)	वह्न्योः॑ (váhnyoḥ)	वह्नि॑षु (váhniṣu)
vocative	वह्ने॑ (váhne)	वह्नी॑ (váhnī)	वह्न॑यः (váhnayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀺 m (vaṇhi, “fire”)
• → Hindi: वह्नि (vahni) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वह्नि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “वह्नि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 274 [with typo in electronical version]
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956–1980), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 178
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “váhni-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 669
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “vahni”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.