वर्ण

Hindi

noun
Definitions
  • color
  • race ethnic group, often categorized by skin colour
  • caste, class
  • letter
  • (phonetics) a phone

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ण (color, hue, class, caste) derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wárṇas root from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wel-

Gloss

turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

森

Emoji
🙃

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