वर्ण
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wárṇas. Doublet of बाण (bāṇ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋəɾn/
Noun
वर्ण • (varṇ) m
Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वर्ण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬃᬡ (Balinese script)
- ৱৰ্ণ (Bengali script)
- বর্ণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣 (Grantha script)
- વર્ણ (Gujarati script)
- ꦮꦂꦟ (Javanese script)
- ವರ್ಣ (Kannada script)
- ဝရ္ဏ (Burmese script)
- ଵର୍ଣ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢬ꣄ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖜 (Siddham script)
- వర్ణ (Telugu script)
- ཝརྞ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wárṇas, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to conceal”).
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of वर्ण (várṇa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वर्णः várṇaḥ |
वर्णौ várṇau |
वर्णाः / वर्णासः¹ várṇāḥ / várṇāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | वर्ण várṇa |
वर्णौ várṇau |
वर्णाः / वर्णासः¹ várṇāḥ / várṇāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | वर्णम् várṇam |
वर्णौ várṇau |
वर्णान् várṇān |
Instrumental | वर्णेन várṇena |
वर्णाभ्याम् várṇābhyām |
वर्णैः / वर्णेभिः¹ várṇaiḥ / várṇebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | वर्णाय várṇāya |
वर्णाभ्याम् várṇābhyām |
वर्णेभ्यः várṇebhyaḥ |
Ablative | वर्णात् várṇāt |
वर्णाभ्याम् várṇābhyām |
वर्णेभ्यः várṇebhyaḥ |
Genitive | वर्णस्य várṇasya |
वर्णयोः várṇayoḥ |
वर्णानाम् várṇānām |
Locative | वर्णे várṇe |
वर्णयोः várṇayoḥ |
वर्णेषु várṇeṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- वर्णमाला (varṇamālā)
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (vaṇṇa)
- Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘰𑘜 (vāṇa), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹𑘽 (vāṇeṁ), 𑘪𑘰𑘡 (vāna)
- Marathi: वाण (vāṇ)
- Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘰𑘜 (vāṇa), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹𑘽 (vāṇeṁ), 𑘪𑘰𑘡 (vāna)
- Pali: vaṇṇa
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (vaṇṇa)
- → Assamese: বৰ্ণ (borno)
- → Old Assamese: বৰণ (boroṇo)
- Assamese: বৰণ (boron)
- → Bengali: বরন (bôrôn), বর্ণ (bôrṇ)
- → Santali: ᱵᱳᱨᱳᱱ (boron)
- → English: varna
- → Gujarati: વર્ણ (varṇ)}
- → Hindi: वर्ण (varṇ)
- → Javanese: ꦮꦼꦂꦤ (werna)
- → Kannada: ವರ್ಣ (varṇa)
- → Khmer: ពណ៌ (pɔə)
- → Malay: warna, rona (through metathesis)
- Indonesian: warna
- → Marathi: वर्ण (varṇ)
- → Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘜 (varṇa)
- ⇒ Telugu: వర్ణము (varṇamu)
- → Thai: วรรณ (wan)
References
- “व॑र्ण” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 475, column 2.
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 271
- Monier Williams (1899), “Várṇa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 924, column 2.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 737
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