वन्

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love, wish”). Cognate with Latin venus, venēnum whence English venom, Latin venia, veneror (“venerate”); English wish, win, wean, wont, wonder.

Pronunciation

Verb

वन् • (van) (8 A)

  1. to like, love, wish, desire
  2. to gain, acquire, procure, obtain
  3. to conquer, to win
  4. to take aim at
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (“tree, wood”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬁‎ (vanā, “tree”), Pashto ونه‎ (wëna, “tree”), Sogdian wn (“tree”), Middle Persian [script needed] (wan /⁠wn'⁠/, “tree”). Related to वन (vana).

Pronunciation

Noun

वन् • (ván) stem, ?

  1. tree, wood, wooden vessel
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.35:
      श्येनो न वंसु कलशेषु सीदसि ।
      śyeno na vaṃsu kalaśeṣu sīdasi .
      Thou sittest in the jars as a hawk on trees
Declension
Declension of वन्
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative - - -
Vocative - - -
Accusative - - -
Instrumental - - -
Dative - - -
Ablative - - -
Genitive - - वनाम् (vanā́m)
Locative - - वंसु (váṃsu)
Descendants
  • Sindhi: वणु sg (vaṇu, “tree”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 153
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 501
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