वंश

Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá). Doublet of बंस (bans), बाँस (bā̃s).

• IPA^(key): /ʋənʃ/

वंश • (vanś) m

1. lineage, family

   उच्च वंश का ― ucc vanś kā ― noble, of high lineage

2. dynasty, clan, house
3. (taxonomy) genus
4. (genetics) group
5. bamboo cane

• वंशावली (vanśāvlī)
• वंशक्रम (vanśakram)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ̃.ɕɐ/

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wanśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanĉás (“ceiling beam”). Cognate with Wakhi was (“ceiling beam”), Shughni вис (vis, “main roof-beam”).

वंश • (vaṃśá) m

1. bamboo cane, cane
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. the upper timber or beam of a house, roofing beam, roofing lath or rafter
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. reed pipe, flute (Kāv., Rājat.)
4. joist, joint (VarBṛS.)
5. spine (VarBṛS., BhP.)
6. hollow bone (BhP.)
7. the curve of a curved sword such as a scimitar or sabre (VarBṛS.)
8. a measure of length (10 हस्त (hasta)) (Līl.)
9. (music) musical note (Śiś.)
10. pride, hubris (Vās.)

• Dardic: *baṃšá
  • Kalasha: baš
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: বাঁহ (bãh)
  • Bengali: বাঁশ (bãśô)
  • Oriya: ବାଉଁଶ (baum̐śô)
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠣ (ba)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
  • Konkani: वासो (vāsô)
• Pali: vaṃsa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
  • Gujarati: વાંસ (vā̃s)
  • Hindi: बाँस (bā̃s)
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਂਸ (bāns)

From the succession of joints observed in a bamboo.

वंश • (vaṃśá) m

1. race, lineage, clan, stock, pedigree, of genealogical descent or otherwise (ŚBr.)
2. offspring, son (BhP.)
3. collection, multitude (MBh., Kāv., etc.)

• → Assamese: বঙহ (boṅoh)
• → Hindi: वंश (vanś)
• → Indonesian: bangsa
• → Marathi: वंश (vanś)
• → Malay: bangsa, wangsa
• → Tamil: வம்சம் (vamcam)
• → Tagalog: bansa
• → Thai: วงศ์ (wong)

• Monier Williams (1899), “वंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0910.