अरण्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬭᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- অৰণ্য (Assamese script)
- অরণ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- અરણ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰਣੑਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦫꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
- អរណ្យ (Khmer script)
- ಅರಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ອຣຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- അരണ്യ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡵᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- အရဏျ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐬𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅରଣ୍ଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢬꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අරණ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- అరణ్య (Telugu script)
- อรณฺย (Thai script)
- ཨ་ར་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From अरण (áraṇa, “strange, foreign”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“other, foreign”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ɾɐɳ.jɐ/, [ɐ́.ɾɐj̃.jɐ]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐˈɾɐɳ.jɐ/
Noun
अरण्य • (áraṇya) n
- a foreign or a distant land
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.10:
- सचस्व नायमवसे अभीक इतो वा तमिन्द्र पाहि रिषः।
अमा चैनम्अरण्ये पाहि रिषो मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः॥- sácasva nāyámávase abhī́ka itó vā támindra pāhi riṣáḥ.
amā́ cainamáraṇye pāhi riṣó mádema śatáhimāḥ suvī́rāḥ. - Hasting to help, come hither and protect him, keep him from harm when he is here, O Indra.
At home, abroad, from injury preserve him. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.
- sácasva nāyámávase abhī́ka itó vā támindra pāhi riṣáḥ.
- सचस्व नायमवसे अभीक इतो वा तमिन्द्र पाहि रिषः।
- forest, wilderness
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- a desert
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of अरण्य (áraṇya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अरण्यम् áraṇyam | अरण्ये áraṇye | अरण्यानि / अरण्या¹ áraṇyāni / áraṇyā¹ |
| Vocative | अरण्य áraṇya | अरण्ये áraṇye | अरण्यानि / अरण्या¹ áraṇyāni / áraṇyā¹ |
| Accusative | अरण्यम् áraṇyam | अरण्ये áraṇye | अरण्यानि / अरण्या¹ áraṇyāni / áraṇyā¹ |
| Instrumental | अरण्येन áraṇyena | अरण्याभ्याम् áraṇyābhyām | अरण्यैः / अरण्येभिः¹ áraṇyaiḥ / áraṇyebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अरण्याय áraṇyāya | अरण्याभ्याम् áraṇyābhyām | अरण्येभ्यः áraṇyebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अरण्यात् áraṇyāt | अरण्याभ्याम् áraṇyābhyām | अरण्येभ्यः áraṇyebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अरण्यस्य áraṇyasya | अरण्ययोः áraṇyayoḥ | अरण्यानाम् áraṇyānām |
| Locative | अरण्ये áraṇye | अरण्ययोः áraṇyayoḥ | अरण्येषु áraṇyeṣu |
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Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa)
- Bengali: অরণ্য (ôrônjô)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa)
- Pali: arañña
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa)
- → Kannada: ಅರಣ್ಯ (araṇya)
- ⇒ Telugu: అరణ్యము (araṇyamu)
- → Tocharian B: āraṇyāyataṃ
- → Tulu: ಅರಣ್ಯ (araṇya)
References
- “अ॑रण्य” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 40, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अरण्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 026
- Monier Williams (1899), “अरण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 86, column 3.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 066