# विमान
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विमान (vimāna). Doublet of बेवान (bevān).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪ.mɑːn/, [ʋɪ.mä̃ːn]

### Noun

विमान • (vimān) m (Urdu spelling ومان)
* airplane, aircraft, airliner, jet
    Synonyms: वायु-यान (vāyu-yān), हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz)
    वह विमान से छतरी के सहारे उतर गया।vah vimān se chatrī ke sahāre utar gayā.He got down from the airplane with the help of a parachute.

#### Derived terms

* विमान-पत्तन (vimān-pattan)
* विमान-परिचारिका (vimān-paricārikā)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विमान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Konkani
### Noun

विमान • (vimān) n (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
* airplane

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विमान (vimāna). Compare with Old Marathi विमान (vimāna, “a vehicle that travels through the sky”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋi.man/

### Noun

विमान • (vimān) n
* (mythology) A chariot of the gods
* (by extension) An airplane

#### Derived terms

* विमानतळ (vimāntaḷ, “airport”)

#### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.

## Sanskrit
### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋí.mɑː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋiˈmɑː.n̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

वि- (vi-) +‎ मान (māna, “opinion, pride”).

#### Adjective

विमान • (ví-māna)
* devoid of honour, disgraced (BhP.)

##### Declension
#### Noun

विमान • (ví-māna) stem, m
* disrespect, dishonour

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

वि- (vi-) +‎ मान (māna, “measuring”).

#### Adjective

विमान • (ví-māna)
* measuring out, traversing (RV., AV., MBh.)

##### Declension
#### Noun

विमान • (ví-māna) stem, m or n
* a car or chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car (sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the vimāna more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be 7 stories high; that of रावण (rāvaṇa) was called पुष्पक (puṣpaka); the नौविमान (nau-vi-māna) [Ragh. XVO, 68] is thought to resemble a ship) (MBh., (Kāv. etc.)
    Synonym: पुष्पक (puṣpaka)

##### Declension
#### Noun

विमान • (vímāna) stem, m
* airplane, aircraft
* any car or vehicle (especially a bier) (Rājat. VII, 446)
* the palace of an emperor or supreme monarch (especially one with 7 stories) (MBh., Kāv. etc.)
* a temple or shrine of a particular form (VarBṛS.)
* a kind of tower (?) (R. V, 52, 8)
* grove (Jātakam.)
* ship, boat (L.)
* horse (L.)

##### Declension
#### Noun

विमान • (ví-māna) stem, n
* measure (RV.)
* extension (RV.)
* (medicine) the science of (right) measure or proportion (e.g. of the right relation between the humours of the body, of medicines and remedies etc.) (Car.)

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: বিমান (biman)
* → English: vimana
* → Gujarati: વિમાન (vimān)
* → Kannada: ವಿಮಾನ (vimāna)
* → Hindi: विमान (vimān)
* → Malayalam: വിമാനം (vimānaṁ)
* → Marathi: विमान (vimān)
* → Odia: ବିମାନ (bimāna)
* → Punjabi: ਵਿਮਾਨ (vimān)
* → Burmese: ဗိမာန် (bi.man)
* → Tamil: விமானம் (vimāṉam)
* → Telugu: విమానము (vimānamu)
* → Urdu: ومان (vimān)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विमान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0951, 0979, 0980.