वेतन

See also: वैतान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेतन (vetána).

Noun

वेतन • (vetan) m (Urdu spelling ويتن)

1. wage, salary

   Synonyms: पगार (pagār), दिहाड़ी (dihāṛī)

   वे अधिक वेतन के लिए आंदोलन कर रहे थे।

   ve adhik vetan ke lie āndolan kar rahe the.

   They were agitating for higher wages.

   अगली सूचना तक उसका वेतन रोक दिया गया है।

   aglī sūcnā tak uskā vetan rok diyā gayā hai.

   His salary has been withheld until further notice.

Declension

Declension of वेतन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वेतन vetan	वेतन vetan
oblique	वेतन vetan	वेतनों vetanõ
vocative	वेतन vetan	वेतनो vetano

Synonyms

• तनख़्वाह (tanaxvāh)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “वेतन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4601
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “वेतन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 723
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वेतन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 934
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “वेतन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 601.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱেতন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
• বেতন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေတန (Burmese script)
• વેતન (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇತನ (Kannada script)
• វេតន (Khmer script)
• ເວຕນ (Lao script)
• വേതന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵେତନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වෙතන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
• வேதந (Tamil script)
• వేతన (Telugu script)
• เวตน (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ཏ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वी (vī, “to approach, procure”); Monier-Williams and Mayrhofer's conjectures linking the word to वृत् (vṛt, “to turn”) and विद् (vid, “to know, find”) respectively are inaccurate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐi̯.tɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋeː.t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वेतन • (vetana) stem, n

1. wages, hire, salary, subsistence, livelihood
2. price
3. silver

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वेतन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वेतनम् (vetanam)	वेतने (vetane)	वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹)
accusative	वेतनम् (vetanam)	वेतने (vetane)	वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹)
instrumental	वेतनेन (vetanena)	वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām)	वेतनैः (vetanaiḥ) वेतनेभिः¹ (vetanebhiḥ¹)
dative	वेतनाय (vetanāya)	वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām)	वेतनेभ्यः (vetanebhyaḥ)
ablative	वेतनात् (vetanāt)	वेतनाभ्याम् (vetanābhyām)	वेतनेभ्यः (vetanebhyaḥ)
genitive	वेतनस्य (vetanasya)	वेतनयोः (vetanayoḥ)	वेतनानाम् (vetanānām)
locative	वेतने (vetane)	वेतनयोः (vetanayoḥ)	वेतनेषु (vetaneṣu)
vocative	वेतन (vetana)	वेतने (vetane)	वेतनानि (vetanāni) वेतना¹ (vetanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वेतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 578