वैष्णव

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (vaiṣṇava).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋəiʂ.ɳəʋ/
Hyphenation: वैष्‧णव
Rhymes: -əʋ

Adjective

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇav) (indeclinable)

relating or belonging to or coming from Lord Vishnu
devoted to or consecrated to Lord Vishnu

Noun

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇav) m

a worshipper of Lord Vishnu, a follower of Vaishnavism

Declension

Declension of वैष्णव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	वैष्णव vaiṣṇav
direct plural	वैष्णव vaiṣṇav
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	वैष्णव vaiṣṇav	वैष्णव vaiṣṇav
oblique सामान्यरूप	वैष्णवा vaiṣṇavā	वैष्णवां- vaiṣṇavān-
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	वैष्णवाला vaiṣṇavālā	वैष्णवांना vaiṣṇavānnā
ergative	वैष्णवाने, वैष्णवानं vaiṣṇavāne, vaiṣṇavāna	वैष्णवांनी vaiṣṇavānnī
instrumental	वैष्णवाशी vaiṣṇavāśī	वैष्णवांशी vaiṣṇavānśī
locative सप्तमी	वैष्णवात vaiṣṇavāt	वैष्णवांत vaiṣṇavāt
vocative संबोधन	वैष्णवा vaiṣṇavā	वैष्णवांनो vaiṣṇavānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of वैष्णव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	वैष्णवाचा vaiṣṇavāċā	वैष्णवाचे vaiṣṇavāċe	वैष्णवाची vaiṣṇavācī	वैष्णवाच्या vaiṣṇavācā	वैष्णवाचे, वैष्णवाचं vaiṣṇavāċe, vaiṣṇavāċa	वैष्णवाची vaiṣṇavācī	वैष्णवाच्या vaiṣṇavācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	वैष्णवांचा vaiṣṇavānċā	वैष्णवांचे vaiṣṇavānċe	वैष्णवांची vaiṣṇavāñcī	वैष्णवांच्या vaiṣṇavāncā	वैष्णवांचे, वैष्णवांचं vaiṣṇavānċe, vaiṣṇavānċa	वैष्णवांची vaiṣṇavāñcī	वैष्णवांच्या vaiṣṇavāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “वैष्णव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “वैष्णव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “वैष्णव”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱৈষ্ণৱ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬿᬱ᭄ᬡᬯ (Balinese script)
বৈষ্ণব (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰹𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁃𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀯 (Brahmi script)
ဝဲၑ္ဏဝ (Burmese script)
વૈષ્ણવ (Gujarati script)
ਵੈਸ਼੍ਣਵ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍈𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌵 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦻꦰ꧀ꦟꦮ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂶𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂫 (Kaithi script)
ವೈಷ್ಣವ (Kannada script)
វៃឞ្ណវ (Khmer script)
ໄວຩ຺ຓວ (Lao script)
വൈഷ്ണവ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᡳᢢᢏᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (Modi script)
ᠸᠧᠧᢔᢏᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧛𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐿𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐰 (Newa script)
ଵୈଷ୍ଣଵ (Odia script)
ꢮꣀꢰ꣄ꢠꢮ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆽𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆮 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖹𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖪 (Siddham script)
වෛෂ‍්ණව (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩗𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩾 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚳𑚶𑚘𑚦 (Takri script)
வைஷ்ணவ (Tamil script)
వైష్ణవ (Telugu script)
ไวษฺณว (Thai script)
ཝཻ་ཥྞ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒻𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨇𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːi̯ʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑi̯ʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ/

Adjective

वै॒ष्ण॒व • (vaiṣṇavá) stem

relating or belonging to or coming from Vishnu
devoted to or consecrated to Vishnu

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वै॒ष्ण॒व
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वै॒ष्ण॒वः (vaiṣṇaváḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वौ (vaiṣṇaváu) वै॒ष्ण॒वा¹ (vaiṣṇavā́¹)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाः (vaiṣṇavā́ḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒वासः॑¹ (vaiṣṇavā́saḥ¹)
accusative	वै॒ष्ण॒वम् (vaiṣṇavám)	वै॒ष्ण॒वौ (vaiṣṇaváu) वै॒ष्ण॒वा¹ (vaiṣṇavā́¹)	वै॒ष्ण॒वान् (vaiṣṇavā́n)
instrumental	वै॒ष्ण॒वेन॑ (vaiṣṇavéna)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वैः (vaiṣṇaváiḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒वेभिः॑¹ (vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹)
dative	वै॒ष्ण॒वाय॑ (vaiṣṇavā́ya)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ)
ablative	वै॒ष्ण॒वात् (vaiṣṇavā́t)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ)
genitive	वै॒ष्ण॒वस्य॑ (vaiṣṇavásya)	वै॒ष्ण॒वयोः॑ (vaiṣṇaváyoḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाना॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́nām)
locative	वै॒ष्ण॒वे (vaiṣṇavé)	वै॒ष्ण॒वयोः॑ (vaiṣṇaváyoḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेषु॑ (vaiṣṇavéṣu)
vocative	वैष्ण॑व (váiṣṇava)	वैष्ण॑वौ (váiṣṇavau) वैष्ण॑वा¹ (váiṣṇavā¹)	वैष्ण॑वाः (váiṣṇavāḥ) वैष्ण॑वासः¹ (váiṣṇavāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of वै॒ष्ण॒वी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वै॒ष्ण॒वी (vaiṣṇavī́)	वै॒ष्ण॒व्यौ॑ (vaiṣṇavyàu) वै॒ष्ण॒वी¹ (vaiṣṇavī́¹)	वै॒ष्ण॒व्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavyàḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒वीः¹ (vaiṣṇavī́ḥ¹)
accusative	वै॒ष्ण॒वीम् (vaiṣṇavī́m)	वै॒ष्ण॒व्यौ॑ (vaiṣṇavyàu) वै॒ष्ण॒वी¹ (vaiṣṇavī́¹)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीः (vaiṣṇavī́ḥ)
instrumental	वै॒ष्ण॒व्या (vaiṣṇavyā́)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavī́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभिः॑ (vaiṣṇavī́bhiḥ)
dative	वै॒ष्ण॒व्यै (vaiṣṇavyái)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavī́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	वै॒ष्ण॒व्याः (vaiṣṇavyā́ḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒व्यै² (vaiṣṇavyái²)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavī́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	वै॒ष्ण॒व्याः (vaiṣṇavyā́ḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒व्यै² (vaiṣṇavyái²)	वै॒ष्ण॒व्योः (vaiṣṇavyóḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीना॑म् (vaiṣṇavī́nām) वै॒ष्ण॒वी॒नाम्³ (vaiṣṇavīnā́m³)
locative	वै॒ष्ण॒व्याम् (vaiṣṇavyā́m)	वै॒ष्ण॒व्योः (vaiṣṇavyóḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वीषु॑ (vaiṣṇavī́ṣu)
vocative	वैष्ण॑वि (váiṣṇavi)	वैष्ण॑व्यौ (váiṣṇavyau) वैष्ण॑वी¹ (váiṣṇavī¹)	वैष्ण॑व्यः (váiṣṇavyaḥ) वैष्ण॑वीः¹ (váiṣṇavīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas
³Rigvedic

Neuter a-stem declension of वै॒ष्ण॒व
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वै॒ष्ण॒वम् (vaiṣṇavám)	वै॒ष्ण॒वे (vaiṣṇavé)	वै॒ष्ण॒वानि॑ (vaiṣṇavā́ni) वै॒ष्ण॒वा¹ (vaiṣṇavā́¹)
accusative	वै॒ष्ण॒वम् (vaiṣṇavám)	वै॒ष्ण॒वे (vaiṣṇavé)	वै॒ष्ण॒वानि॑ (vaiṣṇavā́ni) वै॒ष्ण॒वा¹ (vaiṣṇavā́¹)
instrumental	वै॒ष्ण॒वेन॑ (vaiṣṇavéna)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वैः (vaiṣṇaváiḥ) वै॒ष्ण॒वेभिः॑¹ (vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹)
dative	वै॒ष्ण॒वाय॑ (vaiṣṇavā́ya)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ)
ablative	वै॒ष्ण॒वात् (vaiṣṇavā́t)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाभ्या॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́bhyām)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेभ्यः॑ (vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ)
genitive	वै॒ष्ण॒वस्य॑ (vaiṣṇavásya)	वै॒ष्ण॒वयोः॑ (vaiṣṇaváyoḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वाना॑म् (vaiṣṇavā́nām)
locative	वै॒ष्ण॒वे (vaiṣṇavé)	वै॒ष्ण॒वयोः॑ (vaiṣṇaváyoḥ)	वै॒ष्ण॒वेषु॑ (vaiṣṇavéṣu)
vocative	वैष्ण॑व (váiṣṇava)	वैष्ण॑वे (váiṣṇave)	वैष्ण॑वानि (váiṣṇavāni) वैष्ण॑वा¹ (váiṣṇavā¹)

¹Vedic

Noun

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇava) stem, m

a worshipper of Vishnu, a follower of Vaishnavism

Descendants

→ Assamese: বৈষ্ণব (boisnobo)
→ Bengali: বৈষ্ণব (bōiśnob)
→ English: Vaishnava
- ⇒ English: Vaishnavism, Vaishnavist
→ Gujarati: વૈષ્ણવ (vaiṣṇav)
→ Hindi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
→ Kannada: ವೈಷ್ಣವ (vaiṣṇava)
→ Malayalam: വൈഷ്ണവ (vaiṣṇava)
→ Old Bengali: *বৈষ্টৱঁ (*baiṣṭavã) (semi-learned)
- Bengali: বোষ্টম (bōśṭom)
→ Old Marathi:
Devanagari script: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava)

Modi script: 𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (vaiṣṇava)
- → Marathi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
→ Tamil: வைணவம் (vaiṇavam), வைஷ்ணவம் (vaiṣṇavam)
⇒ Telugu: వైష్ణవము (vaiṣṇavamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वैष्णव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1027, column 2.