Hindi

Noun

वन • ‎(van) m ‎(Urdu spelling ون)

1. forest, jungle, woods

   यह भयानक वन सैकड़ों किलोमीटर तर फैला था।‎

   yah bhayānak van saikṛõ kilomīṭar tar phailā thā.

   This dreadful forest stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

Synonyms

• जंगल ‎(jaṅgal)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “वन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Sanskrit

Noun

वन • ‎(vana) n

1. a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity of lotuses or other plants growing in a thick cluster (but in older language also applied to a single tree).
2. plenty, abundance.
3. a foreign or distant land (compare अरण्य).
4. wood, timber.
5. a wooden vessel or barrel (for the सोम juice).
6. a cloud (as the vessel in the sky).
7. (prob.) the body of a carriage.
8. water.
9. a fountain, spring.
10. abode.
11. coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus).
12. = रश्र्मि, a ray of light.
13. (prob.) longing, earnest desire.

Noun

वन • ‎(vana) m

1. name of a son of उशीनर.
2. name of one of the ten orders of mendicants founded by शंकराचार्य (the members of which affix वन to their names; compare रार्मेन्द्र-व्°) W.

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.