# वसन्त
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋə.sənt̪/, [ʋɐ.sɐ̃n̪t̪]

### Noun

वसन्त • (vasant) m (Urdu spelling وسنت)
* Alternative spelling of वसंत (vasant)

#### Declension
## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* बसंत (basanta), बसन्त (basanta)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʌsʌn̪t̪ʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: बसन्त

### Noun

वसन्त • (vasanta)
* spring (season)

### See also

Seasons in Nepali · ऋतु (r̥tu) (layout · text) · category :
| बसन्त (basanta), वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”) | गर्मी (garmī), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”) | शरद (śarad, “autumn”) | हिउँद (hiũd), शिशिर (śiśira, “winter”) |

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vasanta (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ৰসন্ত (Bengali script)
* වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* ဝသန္တ or ဝသၼ္တ or ဝသၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* วสนฺต or วะสันตะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ວສນ຺ຕ or ວະສັນຕະ (Lao script)
* វសន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Noun

वसन्त m
* Devanagari script form of vasanta

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

* ৱসন্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬲᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* বসন্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဝသန္တ (Burmese script)
* વસન્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਵਸਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦱꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ವಸನ್ತ (Kannada script)
* វសន្ត (Khmer script)
* ວສນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* വസന്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠰᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧍𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଵସନ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢱꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* වසන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* வஸந்த (Tamil script)
* వసన్త (Telugu script)
* วสนฺต (Thai script)
* ཝ་ས་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasantás, from Proto-Indo-European *wesn̥-tó-s, from *wósr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin vēr, Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar), Persian بهار (bahâr), Old Norse vár, Russian весна́ (vesná).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ.sɐn.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐ.s̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

### Noun

वसन्त • (vasantá) stem, m
* "brilliant (season)"; the spring
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.161.4:श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्। श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पतिः॑ श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः॥śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamānaḥ śatáṃ hemantā́ñchatámu vasantā́n. śatámindrāgnī́ savitā́ bṛ́haspátiḥ śatā́yuṣā havíṣemáṃ púnarduḥ.Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters. Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Brhaspati, Savitā yield him for a hundred!
* a particular metre (4 times ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ) (Col.)
* name of a man (Rājat.)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: básond
** Khowar: بوسون (bosún)
** Phalura: basaánd
** Torwali: [script needed] (basān)
** Shina: بَزونوࣿ/बज़ोनॊ (băzṓnṷ), بَزودوࣿ (băzṓdṷ)
* Gandhari: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)
* Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
* Pali: vasanta
** → Burmese: ဝသန္တ (wa.santa.)
* Niya Prakrit: 𐨬𐨯𐨎𐨟 (vasaṃta)

#### Borrowed terms

* Assamese: বসন্ত (boxonto)
** Naga Pidgin: bokhonto, bosont
* Bengali: বসন্ত (bośonto)
* Galician: vassanta
* Gujarati: વસંત (vasant)
* Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
* Kannada: ವಸಂತ (vasanta)
* Lao: ວະສັນ (wa san)
* Malayalam: വസന്തം (vasantaṁ)
* Marathi: वसंत (vasanta​)
* Punjabi: ਬਸੰਤ (basant)
* Sinhalese: වසන්ත (wasanta)
* Tamil: வசந்தம் (vacantam)
* Telugu: వసంతము (vasantamu)
* Thai: วสันต์ (wá-sǎn)
* Urdu: بسنت (basant)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वसन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0930/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 533