# वंश
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá). Doublet of बंस (bans) and बाँस (bā̃s).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋənʃ/, [ʋɐ̃ɲʃ]

### Noun

वंश • (vañś) m
* (literally, rare) bamboo cane
* lineage, family
    उच्च वंश का ― ucc vañś kā ― noble, of high lineage
* dynasty, clan, house
    लोदी वंश ― lodī vañś ― Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)
* (taxonomy) genus
* (genetics) group

#### Derived terms

* राजवंश (rājvañś)
* वंशावली (vañśāvlī)
* वंशक्रम (vañśakram)

#### Related terms

* प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat)
* जगत (jagat)
* संघ (saṅgh)
* वर्ग (varg)
* गण (gaṇ)
* कुल (kul)
* वंश (vañś)
* जाति (jāti)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱংশ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
* বংশ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
* ဝံၐ (Burmese script)
* વંશ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
* ವಂಶ (Kannada script)
* វំឝ (Khmer script)
* ວໍຨ (Lao script)
* വംശ (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
* ଵଂଶ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
* වංශ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
* வஂஶ (Tamil script)
* వంశ (Telugu script)
* วํศ (Thai script)
* ཝཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐ̃.ɕɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“bamboo; ceiling beam”); cognate with Wakhi was (“ceiling beam”), Shughni вис (vis, “main roof-beam”).

#### Noun

वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m
* bamboo cane, cane
    Synonym: वेणु (veṇu)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* the upper timber or beam of a house, roofing beam, roofing lath or rafter
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
* reed pipe, flute (Kāv., Rājat.)
* joist, joint (VarBṛS.)
* hollow bone (BhP.)
* a measure of length (10 हस्त (hasta)) (Līl.)
* (music) musical note (Śiś.)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Descendants

→ Tamil: வங்கியம் (vaṅkiyam), வங்கிசம் (vaṅkicam)
* Dardic:
** Kalami: بانش (bǟ˜š)
** Kalasha: baš
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: বাঁহ (bãh)
** Bengali: বাঁশ (bãś)
** Odia: ବାଉଁଶ (bāũśa)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
** Konkani: वासो (vāsô)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਬਾਂਸ (bāns), ਬੰਸ (bans), ਵੰਸ (vans)
* Pali: vaṃsa
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
** Gujarati: વાંસ (vā̃s)
** Hindi: बाँस (bā̃s)
** Urdu: بانس (bāṉs)
*** → Pashto: باڼس (bāṇs)
*** → Persian:
    Dari: بَانْس (bāns), بَانْگْس (bāngs)

### Etymology 2

A semantic extension of the "bamboo cane" sense in Etymology 1, from the succession of joints observed in a bamboo.

#### Noun

वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m
* race, lineage, clan, stock, pedigree, of genealogical descent or otherwise (ŚBr.)
* offspring, son (BhP.)
* collection, multitude (MBh., Kāv., etc.)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* राजवंश (rājavaṃśa, “dynasty”)

##### Descendants

* → Assamese: বঙহ (boṅoh)
* → Bengali: বংশ (boṅśo)
* → Balinese: ᬯᬂᬲ (wangsa)
* → Hindi: वंश (vañś)
* → Old Javanese: waṅśa
** > Javanese: ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa), ꦲꦁꦱ (angsa), ꦮꦁꦱ (wangsa) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ (bangsa), ᬯᬗ᭄ᬰ (wangsa)
* → Kannada: ವಂಶಂ (vaṃśaṃ)
* → Old Malay: vaṃśa
** Malay: bangsa
*** Indonesian: bangsa
*** → Iban: bansa
*** → Mansaka: bansa
*** → Maranao: bansa
*** → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
*** → Tagalog: bansa (learned)
*** → Ternate: bangsa
* → Marathi: वंश (vauśa)
* → Tamil: வம்சம் (vamcam)
* → Telugu: వంశం (vaṁśaṁ)
* → Thai: วงศ์ (wong)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vam̆́śá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 485
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vam·śá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 549-50

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “वंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910/1.