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

  1. Vaisakha (the second month in the Indian national calendar and in the lunar Hindu calendar)

Declension

References

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʌi̯säk̞ʰ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: बैसाख्

Proper noun

वैशाख (vaiśākh)

  1. Vaisakha
    1. the first month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the second month in the lunar Hindu calendar

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
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