વન

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (“tree, wood”).

Noun

વન • (van) n

  1. forest, woods, jungle
    Synonyms: અરણ્ય (araṇya), અટવી (aṭavī), જંગલ (jaṅgal), ઝાડી (jhāḍī)
  2. (figuratively) exile, vagrancy
    વન કરવું
    van karvũ
    to send one into exile or vagrancy
  3. (poetry) one of the 33 varieties of the મોહનવસ્તુ (mohanvastu) mātrika meter, consisting of 13 guru syllables, 38 laghu syllables for a total of 51 syllables and 64 matras

Kachchi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vana).

Noun

વન (van) m

  1. forest
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