वसंत (vasant)
noun
Means 'spring', the season; also lives on as a common personal name and appears in the name of the festival वसंत पंचमी (vasant panchmii).
Sense
1
:
the spring season
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बहार (bahaar, literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: In North India, वसंत (vasant) is closely tied to the festival वसंत पंचमी (vasant panchmii), which marks the start of spring and is celebrated by flying kites and wearing yellow, the color of mustard fields in bloom. Hindi traditionally recognizes six seasons (ऋतुएँ, rituen) rather than four, and वसंत (vasant) is considered the most beautiful and beloved of them, often called ऋतुराज (rituraaj, 'king of seasons') in literature.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for बहार (bahaar) as the everyday word for the season, but बहार (bahaar) is mainly used in poetic or figurative contexts (like बहार आ गई (bahaar aa gaii, 'spring/good times have arrived') as a metaphor); वसंत (vasant) is the plain, neutral word for the calendar season itself.
Sample Sentences:
वसंत में मौसम बहुत सुहाना होता है।
The weather is very pleasant in spring.
(vasant men mausam bahut suhaanaa hotaa hai।)
वसंत आते ही पेड़ों पर नई पत्तियाँ आ जाती हैं।
As soon as spring arrives, new leaves appear on the trees.
(vasant aate hii pedon par naii pattiyaan aa jaatii hain।)
पिछले वसंत में हम शिमला घूमने गए थे।
Last spring, we went to visit Shimla.
(pichhle vasant men ham shimlaa ghoomne gae the।)
वसंत पंचमी के दिन बच्चे पतंगें उड़ा रहे हैं।
On the day of Vasant Panchami, the children are flying kites.
(vasant panchmii ke din bachche patangen udaa rahe hain।)
कवियों ने वसंत को ऋतुराज कहा है।
Poets have called spring the king of seasons.
(kaviyon ne vasant ko rituraaj kahaa hai।)
काश इस साल वसंत जल्दी आता।
I wish spring would come early this year.
(kaash is saal vasant jaldii aataa।)
अगर वसंत न होता, तो सरसों के खेत यूँ सुनहरे न दिखते।
If it were not spring, the mustard fields would not look so golden.
(agar vasant n hotaa, to sarson ke khet yoon sunahre n dikhte।)
वसंत पंचमी पर लोग पीले कपड़े पहनते हैं ताकि सरसों के फूलों जैसा रंग दिखे।
On Vasant Panchami, people wear yellow clothes so that the color resembles the mustard flowers.
(vasant panchmii par log piile kapde pahante hain taaki sarson ke phoolon jaisaa rang dikhe।)
वसंत ऋतु में प्रकृति मानो नए रूप में सज उठती है।
In the season of spring, nature adorns itself as if in a new form.
(vasant ritu men prakriti maano nae roop men saj uthtii hai।)
इस वसंत में तुम कहाँ जाने का सोच रहे हो?
Where are you thinking of going this spring?
(is vasant men tum kahaan jaane kaa soch rahe ho?)
Sense
2
:
a common Hindu male given name
noun, masculine
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: वसंत (vasant) is a widely used personal name for boys across North India, chosen for its association with renewal, beauty, and the arrival of spring; you'll meet plenty of men named वसंत (vasant) in everyday life, much like 'April' or 'Spring' might evoke freshness in English, though used far more commonly as a first name here.
Sample Sentences:
वसंत जी आज ऑफिस नहीं आए।
Mr. Vasant didn't come to the office today.
(vasant jii aaj ophis nahiin aae।)
मेरे दादा जी का नाम वसंत था।
My grandfather's name was Vasant.
(mere daadaa jii kaa naam vasant thaa।)
वसंत रोज़ सुबह पार्क में दौड़ता है।
Vasant runs in the park every morning.
(vasant roz subah paark men daudtaa hai।)
वसंत, ज़रा यह बैग उठा दो।
Vasant, please lift this bag.
(vasant, zaraa yah baig uthaa do।)
क्या तुम वसंत को जानते हो?
Do you know Vasant?
(kyaa tum vasant ko jaante ho?)
वसंत कल शाम को हमारे घर आएगा।
Vasant will come to our house tomorrow evening.
(vasant kal shaam ko hamaare ghar aaegaa।)
अगर वसंत यहाँ होता, तो सब ठीक हो जाता।
If Vasant were here, everything would be fine.
(agar vasant yahaan hotaa, to sab thiik ho jaataa।)
श्री वसंत शर्मा को इस समारोह में सम्मानित किया गया।
Mr. Vasant Sharma was honored at this ceremony.
(shrii vasant sharmaa ko is samaaroh men sammaanit kiyaa gayaa।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
वसंत
(vasant)
(sg.m.oblique):
वसंत
(vasant)
(pl.m.direct):
वसंत
(vasant)
(pl.m.oblique):
वसंतों
(vasanton)