# वामन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वामन (vāmaná). Doublet of बौना (baunā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑː.mən/, [ʋäː.mɐ̃n]

### Adjective

वामन • (vāman) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وامن)
* (rare, formal) small, dwarfish

### Noun

वामन • (vāman) m (Urdu spelling وامن)
* (rare, formal) a dwarf

#### Declension
### Proper noun

वामन • (vāman) m (Urdu spelling وامن) (Hinduism)
* Vāmana (the fifth avatar of Viṣṇu)
* name of Śiva
* name of the elephant that supports the south or west quarter

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वामन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वामन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “वामन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vāmana (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ৰামন (Bengali script)
* වාමන (Sinhalese script)
* ဝါမန or ဝႃမၼ (Burmese script)
* วามน or วามะนะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩤᨾᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ວາມນ or ວາມະນະ (Lao script)
* វាមន (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄂𑄟𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

वामन
* Devanagari script form of vāmana

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱামন (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬫᬦ (Balinese script)
* বামন (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰦𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါမန (Burmese script)
* વામન (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਮਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦩꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂧𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾಮನ (Kannada script)
* វាមន (Khmer script)
* ວາມນ (Lao script)
* വാമന (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘦𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑧆𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐩𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଵାମନ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢪꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆩𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖦𑖡 (Siddham script)
* වාමන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩴𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚢𑚝 (Takri script)
* வாமந (Tamil script)
* వామన (Telugu script)
* วามน (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་མ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒧𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨢𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Maybe levelled from an earlier *वामन् (*vāmán, “deficient, lacking”), from the same origin as ऊन (ūna). See also वाम (vāma, “left”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑː.mɐ.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɑː.mɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

वामन • (vāmana) stem
* dwarfish, small or short in stature
* bent, inclined
* relating to a dwarf
* relating to the elephant Vāmana
* relating to Viṣṇu (especially in his fifth avatāra)

#### Declension
### Noun

वामन • (vāmaná) stem, m
* a dwarfish bull
* a goat with particular marks
* a person born under a particular constellation
* a mare
* a sort of woman

#### Declension
### Proper noun

वामन • (vāmaná) stem, m
* (Hinduism) Vāmana (the fifth avatar of Viṣṇu)
* name of Śiva
* name of the elephant that supports the south or west quarter
* name of a particular month
* name of a serpent-demon
* name of a particular disease of the vagina
* name of a yogini
* name of a son of Garuḍa
* name of a son of Hiraṇyagarbha
* name of one of the 18 attendants of the Sun
* name of a dānava
* name of a muni
* name of a poet who was the minister under Jayāpīḍa
* name of various other scholars and authors (especially of one of the authors of the Kāśikā-vṛtti, the other being Jayāditya, and of the author of the Kāvyālaṃkāra-vṛtti)
* Alangium hexapetalum

#### Declension
### Proper noun

वामन • (vāmaná) stem, n
* name of a place of pilgrimage
* the Vāmana Purāṇa

#### Descendants

* Pali: vāmana
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀡 (vāmaṇa)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: बौना (baunā)
    Urdu: بونا (baunā)
** Nepali: बाउन्ने (bāunne)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: वामन (vāman)
    Urdu: وامن (vāman)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वामन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 941, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vāmaná”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 544
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāmaná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press