वङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• বঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ဝင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• વઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ವಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• វង្គ (Khmer script)
• ວງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• വങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଵଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• වඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• வங்க³ (Tamil script)
• వఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• วงฺค (Thai script)
• ཝ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Etymology 1

See Persian بنگال. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

वङ्ग • (vaṅga) stem, m

1. Bengal (a region in South Asia)
2. name of a king of the lunar race (son of Dīrgha-tamas or Dīrgha-tapas and Su-deṣṇā, regarded as the common ancestor of the people of Bengal)
3. name of a mountain

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

वङ्ग • (vaṅga) stem, m or n

1. cotton
2. eggplant, aubergine (Solanum melongena)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

वङ्ग • (vaṅga) stem, n

1. tin or lead (metal)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वङ्ग (vaṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वङ्गः vaṅgaḥ	वङ्गौ / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgau / vaṅgā¹	वङ्गाः / वङ्गासः¹ vaṅgāḥ / vaṅgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वङ्ग vaṅga	वङ्गौ / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgau / vaṅgā¹	वङ्गाः / वङ्गासः¹ vaṅgāḥ / vaṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वङ्गम् vaṅgam	वङ्गौ / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgau / vaṅgā¹	वङ्गान् vaṅgān
Instrumental	वङ्गेन vaṅgena	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गैः / वङ्गेभिः¹ vaṅgaiḥ / vaṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	वङ्गाय vaṅgāya	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गेभ्यः vaṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	वङ्गात् vaṅgāt	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गेभ्यः vaṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	वङ्गस्य vaṅgasya	वङ्गयोः vaṅgayoḥ	वङ्गानाम् vaṅgānām
Locative	वङ्गे vaṅge	वङ्गयोः vaṅgayoḥ	वङ्गेषु vaṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of वङ्ग (vaṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वङ्गम् vaṅgam	वङ्गे vaṅge	वङ्गानि / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgāni / vaṅgā¹
Vocative	वङ्ग vaṅga	वङ्गे vaṅge	वङ्गानि / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgāni / vaṅgā¹
Accusative	वङ्गम् vaṅgam	वङ्गे vaṅge	वङ्गानि / वङ्गा¹ vaṅgāni / vaṅgā¹
Instrumental	वङ्गेन vaṅgena	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गैः / वङ्गेभिः¹ vaṅgaiḥ / vaṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	वङ्गाय vaṅgāya	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गेभ्यः vaṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	वङ्गात् vaṅgāt	वङ्गाभ्याम् vaṅgābhyām	वङ्गेभ्यः vaṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	वङ्गस्य vaṅgasya	वङ्गयोः vaṅgayoḥ	वङ्गानाम् vaṅgānām
Locative	वङ्गे vaṅge	वङ्गयोः vaṅgayoḥ	वङ्गेषु vaṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 912/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वङ्ग”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]