# वानर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वानर (vānara). Doublet of बंदर (bandar).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑː.nəɾ/, [ʋäː.nɐɾ]

### Noun

वानर • (vānar) m (Urdu spelling وانر)
* monkey, ape, primate
    Synonym: बंदर (bandar)

#### Hypernyms

* स्तनपायी (stanpāyī), स्तनधारी (standhārī)

#### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vānara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

* नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): वानर n (vānar)
* स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): वानरी f (vānrī)
Borrowed from Sanskrit वानर (vānara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋa.nəɾ/

### Noun

वानर • (vānar) n
* monkey, baboon
    Synonym: माकड (mākaḍ) (more common)

#### See also

* वानरी (vānrī, “female monkey”) f (more common) and वानरीण (vānrīṇ, “female monkey”) f (less common)

#### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वानर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vānara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vānara (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ৰানর (Bengali script)
* වානර (Sinhalese script)
* ဝါနရ or ဝႃၼရ (Burmese script)
* วานร or วานะระ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩤᨶᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ວານຣ or ວານະຣະ (Lao script)
* វានរ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄂𑄚𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

वानर m
* Devanagari script form of vānara (“monkey”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱানৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
* বানর (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါနရ (Burmese script)
* વાનર (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਨਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂢𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾನರ (Kannada script)
* វានរ (Khmer script)
* ວານຣ (Lao script)
* വാനര (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘡𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑧁𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଵାନର (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
* වානර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩯𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚝𑚤 (Takri script)
* வாநர (Tamil script)
* వానర (Telugu script)
* วานร (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་ན་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨝𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Unknown; possibly from वन (vána, “forest”) +‎ नर (nára, “man”). Monier considers it to be a vṛddhi derivative of वनर (vanara, “(something) relating to forest”), from वन (vána, “forest”) +‎ -र (-ra, adjectival suffix). Cognate with Pashto ونهنر (wëna-nar, "woodsman").

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑː.nɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɑː.n̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

वानर • (vānara) stem, m
* monkey; any such ape
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.60.7:राक्षसास्तु पुलस्तयस्य वानरा किंनरास्तथा। यक्षाश्च मनुजव्याघ्र पुत्रास्तस्य च धीमतः। पुलहस्य मृगाः सिंहा व्याघ्राः किंपुरुषास्तथा ॥rākṣasāstu pulastayasya vānarā kiṃnarāstathā. yakṣāśca manujavyāghra putrāstasya ca dhīmataḥ. pulahasya mṛgāḥ siṃhā vyāghrāḥ kiṃpuruṣāstathā.
** c. 800 CE – 1100, Agni Purāṇa 8.8:इत्युक्तवा स गतो रामं नत्वोवाच हरीश्वरः। आनीता वानराः सर्वे सीतायाश च गवेषणे॥ityuktavā sa gato rāmaṃ natvovāca harīśvaraḥ. ānītā vānarāḥ sarve sītāyāśa ca gaveṣaṇe.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

वानर • (vānara) stem
* belonging to an ape or monkey, monkey-like

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: वानर (vānar)
* → Marathi: वानर (vānar)
* → Telugu: వానరము (vānaramu)
* → Indonesian: wanara
* ⇒ Sanskrit: *वान्दर (vāndara) (plosive-added form)
** Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀁𑀤𑀭 (vāṃdara)
*** Bengali: বাঁদর (bãdor)
*** Gujarati: વાંદર (vā̃dar)
*** Hindi: बंदर (bandar)
*** Punjabi: ਬਾਂਦਰ (bāndar)
** → Assamese: বান্দৰ (bandor)
** → Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠖꠞ (bandor)