वंश

Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá). Doublet of बंस (bans) and बाँस (bā̃s).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋənʃ/, [ʋɐ̃ɲʃ]

वंश • (vañś) m

1. (literally, rare) bamboo cane
2. lineage, family

   उच्च वंश का ― ucc vañś kā ― noble, of high lineage

3. dynasty, clan, house

   लोदी वंश ― lodī vañś ― Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)

4. (taxonomy) genus
5. (genetics) group

• राजवंश (rājvañś)
• वंशावली (vañśāvlī)
• वंशक्रम (vañśakram)

• (Taxonomy) वर्गिकी (vargikī); प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat, “domain”), जगत (jagat, “kingdom”), संघ (saṅgh, “phylum”), वर्ग (varg, “class”), गण (gaṇ, “order”), कुल (kul, “family”), वंश (vañś, “genus”), जाति (jāti, “species”) ^{(Category: hi:Taxonomy)}

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ̃.ɕɐ/

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“bamboo; ceiling beam”); cognate with Wakhi was (“ceiling beam”), Shughni вис (vis, “main roof-beam”).^[1][2]

वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m

1. bamboo cane, cane

   Synonym: वेणु (veṇu)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. the upper timber or beam of a house, roofing beam, roofing lath or rafter
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. reed pipe, flute (Kāv., Rājat.)
4. joist, joint (VarBṛS.)
5. hollow bone (BhP.)
6. a measure of length (10 हस्त (hasta)) (Līl.)
7. (music) musical note (Śiś.)

Masculine a-stem declension of वंश (vaṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वंशः vaṃśáḥ	वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹	वंशाः / वंशासः¹ vaṃśā́ḥ / vaṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वंश váṃśa	वंशौ / वंशा¹ váṃśau / váṃśā¹	वंशाः / वंशासः¹ váṃśāḥ / váṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वंशम् vaṃśám	वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹	वंशान् vaṃśā́n
Instrumental	वंशेन vaṃśéna	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशैः / वंशेभिः¹ vaṃśaíḥ / vaṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	वंशाय vaṃśā́ya	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	वंशात् vaṃśā́t	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	वंशस्य vaṃśásya	वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ	वंशानाम् vaṃśā́nām
Locative	वंशे vaṃśé	वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ	वंशेषु vaṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

→ Tamil: வங்கியம் (vaṅkiyam), வங்கிசம் (vaṅkicam)

• Dardic:
  • Kalami: بانش (bǟ˜š)
  • Kalasha: baš
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বাঁহ (bãh)
  • Bengali: বাঁশ (bãś)
  • Odia: ବାଉଁଶ (bāũśa)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
  • Konkani: वासो (vāsô)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਂਸ (bāns), ਬੰਸ (bans), ਵੰਸ (vans)
• Pali: vaṃsa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲 (vaṃsa)
  • Gujarati: વાંસ (vā̃s)
  • Hindi: बाँस (bā̃s)
  • Urdu: بانس (bāṉs)
    • → Pashto: باڼس (bāṇs)
    • → Persian:

      Dari: بَانْس (bāns), بَانْگْس (bāngs)

A semantic extension of the "bamboo cane" sense in Etymology 1, from the succession of joints observed in a bamboo.

वंश • (vaṃśá) stem, m

1. race, lineage, clan, stock, pedigree, of genealogical descent or otherwise (ŚBr.)
2. offspring, son (BhP.)
3. collection, multitude (MBh., Kāv., etc.)

Masculine a-stem declension of वंश (vaṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वंशः vaṃśáḥ	वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹	वंशाः / वंशासः¹ vaṃśā́ḥ / vaṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वंश váṃśa	वंशौ / वंशा¹ váṃśau / váṃśā¹	वंशाः / वंशासः¹ váṃśāḥ / váṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वंशम् vaṃśám	वंशौ / वंशा¹ vaṃśaú / vaṃśā́¹	वंशान् vaṃśā́n
Instrumental	वंशेन vaṃśéna	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशैः / वंशेभिः¹ vaṃśaíḥ / vaṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	वंशाय vaṃśā́ya	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	वंशात् vaṃśā́t	वंशाभ्याम् vaṃśā́bhyām	वंशेभ्यः vaṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	वंशस्य vaṃśásya	वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ	वंशानाम् vaṃśā́nām
Locative	वंशे vaṃśé	वंशयोः vaṃśáyoḥ	वंशेषु vaṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

• → Assamese: বঙহ (boṅoh)
• → Bengali: বংশ (boṅśo)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬂᬲ (wangsa)
• → Hindi: वंश (vañś)
• → Old Javanese: waṅśa
  • > Javanese: ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa), ꦲꦁꦱ (angsa), ꦮꦁꦱ (wangsa) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ (bangsa), ᬯᬗ᭄ᬰ (wangsa)
• → Kannada: ವಂಶಂ (vaṃśaṃ)
• → Old Malay: vaṃśa
  • Malay: bangsa
    • Indonesian: bangsa
    • → Iban: bansa
    • → Mansaka: bansa
    • → Maranao: bansa
    • → Pangutaran Sama: bangsa
    • → Tagalog: bansa (learned)
    • → Ternate: bangsa
• → Marathi: वंश (vauśa)
• → Tamil: வம்சம் (vamcam)
• → Telugu: వంశం (vaṁśaṁ)
• → Thai: วงศ์ (wong)

• Monier Williams (1899) “वंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910/1.