वन

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • (Vedic) a tree
  • a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster
  • a foreign or distant land
  • wood, timber
  • a wooden vessel or barrel (for the soma juice)
  • a cloud (as the vessel in the sky)
  • (prob.) the body of a carriage.
  • abode
  • coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus).
  • A ray of light.
  • (prob.) longing, earnest desire

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (tree, wood).

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*wán-

Gloss

tree, wood

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Kanji

木, 樹

Emoji
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