# बाण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाण (bāṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bɑːɳ/, [bä̃ːɳ]

### Noun

बाण • (bāṇ) m
* an arrow (type of ammunition)
    Synonym: तीर (tīr)
    धनुष और बाण ― dhanuṣ aur bāṇ ― bow and arrow

#### Declension
## Konkani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बाण (bāṇa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑːɳ]

### Noun

बाण • (bāṇ) m (Latin script bann, Kannada script ಬಾಣ್)
* arrow

#### Declension
### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाण (bāṇa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɳ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

बाण • (bāṇ) m
* an arrow

#### Derived terms

* धनुष्यबाण (dhanuṣyabāṇ, “bow and arrow”)

### See also

* धनुष्य (dhanuṣya, “bow”)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bāṇa (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* বাণ (Bengali script)
* බාණ (Sinhalese script)
* ဗာဏ or ၿႃꧣ (Burmese script)
* พาณ or พาณะ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩣᨱ (Tai Tham script)
* ພາຓ or ພາຓະ (Lao script)
* ពាណ (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄂𑄕 (Chakma script)

### Noun

बाण m
* Devanagari script form of bāṇa

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

* বাণ (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
* বাণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ဗာဏ (Burmese script)
* બાણ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಾಣ (Kannada script)
* ពាណ (Khmer script)
* ພາຓ (Lao script)
* ബാണ (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
* ବାଣ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
* බාණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
* ப³ாண (Tamil script)
* బాణ (Telugu script)
* พาณ (Thai script)
* བཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Austroasiatic; compare Senoic awān ("bamboo"), Khmer បាញ់ (bañ, “to fire, shoot”), Vietnamese bắn (“to fire, shoot”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bɑː.ɳɐ́/
* (Vedic) IPA: /bɑ́ː.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbɑː.ɳɐ/

### Noun

बाण • (bāṇa) stem, m
* a shaft made of a reed, an arrow
* the versed sine of an arc
* a mark for arrows, aim
* a particular part of an arrow
* the udder of a cow
* music
* Barleria flower
* the body

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: bāṇa
* → Hindi: बाण (bāṇ)
* → Kannada: ಬಾಣ (bāṇa)
* → Marathi: बाण (bāṇ)
* → Punjabi: ਬਾਣ (bāṇ)
* → Tamil: பாணம் (pāṇam)
* → Telugu: బాణము (bāṇamu)

### Proper noun

बाण • (bāṇa) stem, m
* (mythological) Banasura, son of Mahabali, devotee of Shiva and enemy of Vishnu

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 727/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221-2
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 425