वैशाख

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बैसाख (baisākh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

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, pages 941, 970.

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

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 (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “वैशाख”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “baisakh”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৈশাখ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬿᬰᬵᬔ (Balinese script)
• বৈশাখ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰹𑰫𑰯𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁃𑀰𑀸𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဲၐာခ (Burmese script)
• વૈશાખ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੈਸ਼ਾਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍈𑌶𑌾𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦻꦯꦴꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂶𑂬𑂰𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ವೈಶಾಖ (Kannada script)
• វៃឝាខ (Khmer script)
• ໄວຨາຂ (Lao script)
• വൈശാഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡳᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘺𑘫𑘰𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᠧᠱᠠᢗᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧛𑧋𑧑𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐿𑐱𑐵𑐏 (Newa script)
• ଵୈଶାଖ (Odia script)
• ꢮꣀꢯꢵꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆽𑆯𑆳𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖹𑖫𑖯𑖏 (Siddham script)
• වෛශාඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩗𑩿𑩛𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚳𑚧𑚭𑚋 (Takri script)
• வைஶாக² (Tamil script)
• వైశాఖ (Telugu script)
• ไวศาข (Thai script)
• ཝཻ་ཤཱ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒻𑒬𑒰𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨇𑨮𑨊𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विशाखा (viśākhā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːj.ɕɑː.kʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑjˈɕɑː.kʰɐ/

Proper noun

वैशाख • (vaiśākha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Second month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वैशाख (vaiśākha)
	Singular
Nominative	वैशाखः vaiśākhaḥ
Vocative	वैशाख vaiśākha
Accusative	वैशाखम् vaiśākham
Instrumental	वैशाखेन vaiśākhena
Dative	वैशाखाय vaiśākhāya
Ablative	वैशाखात् vaiśākhāt
Genitive	वैशाखस्य vaiśākhasya
Locative	वैशाखे vaiśākhe

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}