वैशाख
Hindi
Alternative forms
- बैसाख (baisākh)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha), from विशाखा (viśākhā, “having spreading branches”), a compound of वि (vi, “apart, in different directions”) + शाखा (śākhā, “branches”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɛː.ʃɑːkʰ/, [ʋɛː.ʃäːkʰ]
Noun
वैशाख • (vaiśākh) m
- Vaisakha (the second month in the Indian national calendar and in the lunar Hindu calendar)
Declension
Declension of वैशाख (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वैशाख vaiśākh | वैशाख vaiśākh |
| oblique | वैशाख vaiśākh | वैशाखों vaiśākhõ |
| vocative | वैशाख vaiśākh | वैशाखो vaiśākho |
Related terms
- (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) (Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वैशाख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 941, 970.
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʌi̯säk̞ʰ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: बैसाख्
Proper noun
वैशाख • (vaiśākh)
- Vaisakha
- the first month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the second month in the lunar Hindu calendar
Related terms
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsir) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāgun) / फाल्गुन (phālgun), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “वैशाख”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “baisakh”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar