# अर्जुन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əɾ.d͡ʒʊn/, [ɐɾ.d͡ʒʊ̃n]

### Proper noun

अर्जुन • (arjun) m (Urdu spelling اَرْجُن)
* a male given name, Arjun, from Sanskrit
* Arjuna (the third of the Pandava princes, in the epic Mahabharata, the son of Kunti and Indra, famed for being an excellent archer)

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

* অৰ্জুন (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬃᬚᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
* অর্জুন (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* အရ်္ဇုန (Burmese script)
* અર્જુન (Gujarati script)
* ਅਰ੍ਜੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌜𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಅರ್ಜುನ (Kannada script)
* អជ៌ុន (Khmer script)
* ອຣ຺ຊຸນ (Lao script)
* അര്ജുന (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡵᡯᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠷᠽᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଅର୍ଜୁନ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢬ꣄ꢙꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
* අර්‍ජුන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩣𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
* அர்ஜுந (Tamil script)
* అర్జున (Telugu script)
* อรฺชุน (Thai script)
* ཨ་རྫུ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵ-u-nom (“white, shining; silver”). Cognate with Latin argentum (“silver”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́ɾ.d͡ʑu.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɾ.d͡ʑu.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

अर्जुन • (árjuna) stem
* white, clear, bright
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.9.1:अह॑श्च कृ॒ष्णमह॒र्अर्जु॑नं च॒ वि व॑र्तेते॒ रज॑सी वे॒द्याभिः॑। वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो जाय॑मानो॒ न राजावा॑तिर॒ज्ज्योति॑षा॒ग्निस्तमां॑सि॥áhaśca kṛṣṇámáharárjunaṃ ca ví vartete rájasī vedyā́bhiḥ. vaiśvānaró jā́yamāno ná rā́jā́vātirajjyótiṣāgnístámāṃsi.One half of day is dark, and bright the other: both atmospheres move on by sage devices. Agni Vaisvanara, when born as Sovran, hath with his lustre overcome the darkness.
* made of silver

#### Declension

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

### Noun

अर्जुन • (árjuna) stem, n
* silver
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.28.5:भूमिष्ट्वा पातु हरितेन विश्वभृदग्निः पिपर्त्वयसा सजोषाः । वीरुद्भिष्टे अर्जुनं संविदानं दक्षं दधातु सुमनस्यमानम् ॥bhūmiṣṭvā pātu haritena viśvabhṛdagniḥ pipartvayasā sajoṣāḥ. vīrudbhiṣṭe arjunaṃ saṃvidānaṃ dakṣaṃ dadhātu sumanasyamānam.With gold let Earth protect thee, and with iron, accordant, all-sustaining Agni save thee! And in accordance with the plants may silver, regarding thee with favour, grant thee vigour.
* slight inflammation of the conjunctiva or white of the eye
* (botany) a particular grass
* (in the plural) the descendants of Arjuna

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀡 (ajjuṇa, “silver”)

### Noun

अर्जुन • (arjuna) stem, m
* the tree Terminalia arjuna

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → Old Javanese: arjuna
* → Tocharian B: arjuṃ

### Proper noun

अर्जुन • (arjuna) stem, m
* (Hinduism) Arjuna, son of Pandu and Kunti, husband of Draupadi and Subhadra, and the father of Abhimanyu and Shrutakarma
* a male given name commonly used in India

#### Descendants

* → Old Javanese: Arjuna
** Javanese: ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Arjuna), ꦲꦼꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Herjuna)
** → Balinese: ᬅᬃᬚᬸᬦ (Arjuna)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अर्जुन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90.