वेमन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেমন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বেমন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေမန် (Burmese script)
- વેમન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಮೝ (Kannada script)
- វេមន៑ (Khmer script)
- ເວມນ຺ (Lao script)
- വേമന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵେମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වෙමන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- வேமந் (Tamil script)
- వేమౝ (Telugu script)
- เวมนฺ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁imn̥ (“plaiting, twisting”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, plait”). Cognate with Latin vīmen.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́j.mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.mɐn̪/
Noun
वेमन् • (véman) stem, n
- a loom
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 19.83:
- रसं॑ परि॒स्रुता॒ न रोहि॑तं न॒ग्नहु॒र्धीर॒स्तस॑रं॒ न वेम॑॥
- rásaṃ parisrútā ná róhitaṃ nagnáhurdhī́rastásaraṃ ná véma.
- Like the shuttle through the loom, the steady ferment mixes the red juice with the foaming spirit.
- रसं॑ परि॒स्रुता॒ न रोहि॑तं न॒ग्नहु॒र्धीर॒स्तस॑रं॒ न वेम॑॥
- a sley; the reed of a loom
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेम (véma) | वेम्नी (vémnī) वेमनी (vémanī) |
वेमानि (vémāni) वेम¹ (véma¹) वेमा¹ (vémā¹) |
| accusative | वेम (véma) | वेम्नी (vémnī) वेमनी (vémanī) |
वेमानि (vémāni) वेम¹ (véma¹) वेमा¹ (vémā¹) |
| instrumental | वेम्ना (vémnā) | वेमभ्याम् (vémabhyām) | वेमभिः (vémabhiḥ) |
| dative | वेम्ने (vémne) | वेमभ्याम् (vémabhyām) | वेमभ्यः (vémabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वेम्नः (vémnaḥ) | वेमभ्याम् (vémabhyām) | वेमभ्यः (vémabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वेम्नः (vémnaḥ) | वेम्नोः (vémnoḥ) | वेम्नाम् (vémnām) |
| locative | वेम्नि (vémni) वेमनि (vémani) वेमन्¹ (véman¹) |
वेम्नोः (vémnoḥ) | वेमसु (vémasu) |
| vocative | वेमन् (véman) वेम (véma) |
वेम्नी (vémnī) वेमनी (vémanī) |
वेमानि (vémāni) वेम¹ (véma¹) वेमा¹ (vémā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: vema (“loom, shuttle”), vemaka (“id.”)
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀫 (vema, “part of weaver's apparatus”)
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Assamese: বেঁও (bẽü, “wooden board with holes used for weaving grass mats”), বেঁবা (bẽba, “id.”)
- Hajong: বেও (“weaving apparatus”)
- Bengali-Assamese:
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वेमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013.