वृन्दावन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृन्दावन (vṛndāvana).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɪn.d̪ɑː.ʋən/, [ʋɾɪ̃n̪.d̪äː.ʋɐ̃n]

Proper noun

वृन्दावन • (vŕndāvan) m

Vrindavan (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱৃন্দাৱন (Assamese script)
ᬯᬺᬦ᭄ᬤᬵᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
বৃন্দাবন (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰴𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰯𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀾𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀸𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဝၖန္ဒာဝန (Burmese script)
વૃન્દાવન (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਨ੍ਦਾਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦽꦤ꧀ꦢꦴꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑃂𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂰𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ವೃನ್ದಾವನ (Kannada script)
វ្ឫន្ទាវន (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣິນ຺ທາວນ (Lao script)
വൃന്ദാവന (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᡳᠨᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘵𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘰𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠢᠨᢑᠠᢗᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧖𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧑𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐺𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐵𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
ଵୃନ୍ଦାଵନ (Odia script)
ꢮꢺꢥ꣄ꢣꢵꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆸𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆳𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖴𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖯𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
වෘන්‍දාවන (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩙𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩛𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚭𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
வ்ரிந்த³ாவந (Tamil script)
వృన్దావన (Telugu script)
วฺฤนฺทาวน (Thai script)
ཝྲྀ་ནྡཱ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒵𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒰𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨊𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩n.dɑː.ʋɐ.nɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩n̪ˈd̪ɑː.ʋɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वृन्दावन • (vṛndāvana) stem, n

(Hinduism) ‘Rādhā's forest’, a wood near the town Gokula in the district of Mathurā on the left bank of the Yamuna (celebrated as the place where Krishna in the character of Gopāla, or cowherd, passed his youth, associating with the cowherds and milkmaids employed in tending the cattle grazing in the forest)
a raised platform or mound of earth on which the worshippers of कृष्ण plant and preserve the तुलसी

Descendants

→ Bengali: বৃন্দাবন (brindabon)
→ Hindi: वृन्दावन (vŕndāvan)
→ Telugu: బృందావనము (br̥ndāvanamu)

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