વન

Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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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