वाराणसी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇsī) f

  1. Varanasi; Benares (a city in India)
    Synonym: बनारस (banāras)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬵᬭᬵᬡᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
  • ৱাৰাণসী (Assamese script)
  • বারাণসী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰯𑰜𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • વારાણસી (Gujarati script)
  • ꦮꦴꦫꦴꦟꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
  • ವಾರಾಣಸೀ (Kannada script)
  • ဝာရာဏသီ (Burmese script)
  • ଵାରାଣସୀ (Oriya script)
  • ꢮꢵꢬꢵꢠꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆳𑆟𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖯𑖜𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • వారాణసీ (Telugu script)
  • ཝཱརཱཎསཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒰𑒝𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Proper noun

वाराणसी • (vārāṇasī)

  1. the city Benares (more properly written Banaras ; accord. to JābālUp. so called after the names of two rivers, वरणा and असि, or असी ; also written वाणारसी q.v., वराणसी or वारणसी) MBh. Kāv. &c.
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