वाराणसी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī). Doublet of बनारस (banāras).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɑːɳ.siː/, [ʋäː.ɾä̃ːɳ.s̪iː]

Proper noun

वाराणसी (vārāṇsī) f (Urdu spelling وارانسی)

  1. Varanasi, Benares (a city in India)
    Synonym: बनारस (banāras)

Declension

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

वाराणसी (vārāṇasī) f

  1. the city Benares (more properly written Banaras ; accord. to JābālUp. so called after the names of two rivers, वरणा and असि, or असी ; also written वाणारसी q.v., वराणसी or वारणसी) MBh. Kāv. &c.
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