पर्वन्

पर्वन्

See also: परवाना

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *párwr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *pérwr̥, from *per- + *-wr̥.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́ɽ.ʋɐn̪/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɽ.ʋɐn̪/

Noun

पर्वन् • (párvan) n

1. joint, limb (RV., etc.)
2. knot, particularly of reeds
3. division, section (ŚBr., MBh., etc.)
4. step of a stairway (Ragh.)
5. (grammar) member of a compound (Prāt., Nir.)
6. period of time (RV., VS., ŚBr., GṛŚrS., etc.)
7. Cāturmāsya (ŚBr.)
8. the full, new, and half moons (GṛŚrS., Mn., MBh., etc.)
9. sacrifice carried out at the full, new, or half moon (R.)
10. the day the moon passes through a lunar node (Var., Sūryas., MBh., etc.)
11. moment the sun entires a new sign (W.)
12. any period of the year (W.)
13. half-month (MBh.)
14. day (BhP.)
15. holiday (W.)
16. opportunity (W.)
17. moment (W.)

Declension

This noun needs a declension-table template.

Descendants

• → Hindi: पर्व (parva, “festival”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “पर्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 93,573,609.