वण्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बण् (baṇ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱণ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বণ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဏ် (Burmese script)
• વણ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਣ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂝𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಣ್ (Kannada script)
• វណ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຓ຺ (Lao script)
• വണ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଣ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වණ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩪 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚘𑚶 (Takri script)
• வண் (Tamil script)
• వణ్ (Telugu script)
• วณฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨘𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Has been compared to वाण (vāṇa, “sound, music”). However, Mayrhofer rejects this comparison, and leaves the origin open.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳ/

Root

वण् • (vaṇ)

1. to sound

Derived terms

• अववाणत् (avavāṇat)
• अवीवणत् (avīvaṇat)
• वणति (vaṇati)
• ववाण (vavāṇa)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 130; 184