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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varṇ (वर्ण्).—1 U. (varṇayati-te, varṇita)

1) To colour, paint, dye; यथा हि भरता वर्णैर्वर्णयन्त्यात्मनस्तनुम् (yathā hi bharatā varṇairvarṇayantyātmanastanum) Subhāṣ.

2) To describe, relate, explain, write, depict, delineate, illustrate; वर्णितं जयदेवेन हरेरिदं प्रणतेन (varṇitaṃ jayadevena hareridaṃ praṇatena) Gītagovinda 3; Kirātārjunīya 5.18.

3) To praise; extol.

4) To spread, extend.

5) To illuminate.

6) To exert oneself.

7) To send, cast.

8) To pound, grind.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇ (वर्ण्).—r. 10th cl. (varṇayati-te) 1. To colour, to paint, to die. 2. To send or cast, to direct, to order. 3. To praise, to extol, to proclaim qualities. 4. To describe. 5. To spread or extend. 6. To grind or pound. 7. To make exertions. 8. To shine.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇ (वर्ण्).—1, 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from varṇa), [Parasmaipada.] 1. To colour, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 199, 13. 2. To depict, to describe, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 145; to explain, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] 207, 23. 3. To praise, Mahābhārata 2, 1226. 4. † To illuminate. 5. † To exert one’s self. 6. † To throw, or to grind.

— With the prep. anu anu, To expose, Mahābhārata 4, 107.

— With upa upa, 1. The same, Mahābhārata 3, 8732. 2. To tell, [Hitopadeśa] 27, 8.

— With ni ni, To regard, Da- śak. in Chr. 187, 12 (probably to be changed to nirvarṇya).

— With nis nis, To regard, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 33, 13; to examine, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 10, 3. Comp. ptcple. of the fut. pass. a-nirvarṇanīya, adj. Not to be looked at, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 64, 8.

— With sam sam, 1. To describe, Mahābhārata 4, 106. 2. To extol, Mahābhārata 4, 121.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Varṇ (वर्ण्):—(rather [Nominal verb] [from] varṇa) [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxv, 83]) varṇayati (mc. also te; [Aorist] avavarṇat; [infinitive mood] varṇayitum or varṇitum),

—to paint, colour, dye, [Yājñavalkya; Daśakumāra-carita];

—to depict, picture, write, describe, relate, tell, explain, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to regard, consider, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to spread, extend, [Mahābhārata];

—to praise, extol, proclaim qualities, [Horace H. Wilson] :

—[Passive voice] varṇyate ([Aorist] avarṇi), to be coloured or described etc., [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Varn in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a caste; colour; dye (used for colouring or writing); a letter of the alphabet; -[krama] colour scheme, spectrum; classification; alphabetical order; ~[kramamapi] spectrometer; ~[kramalekhi] spectrograph; ~[krama-vijnana] spectroscopy; ~[kramanusara] in alphabetical order; ~[kramiki] spectroscopy; [dushana] tarnish; -[dharma] the duty or profession of a particular caste; [bheda] caste/colour discrimination/distinction; ~[mamdala] chromosphere; ~[mala] the alphabet; ~[rekha] streak; -[vikara] the transformation of one alphabet or sound into another; -[vicara] orthography; -[vinyasa] spelling; -[viparyaya] metathesis, transposition of letters; -[vibhaga/vibhajana] division of the Hindu community into four classes; -[vyavastha] the caste system; ~[samkara] cross-breed, hybrid; ~[samkarata] panmixia; hybridism; -[samsarga] intercaste union; ~[hina] casteless; colourless; etiolated; ~[hinata] castelessness; colourlessness; etiolation..—varn (वर्ण) is alternatively transliterated as Varṇa.

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Starts with (+340): Varna, Varna-vinyasavigyaan, Varna-vinyasavijnana, Varna-vishvasa, Varnabha, Varnabhairava, Varnabheda, Varnabhedavidhi, Varnabhedini, Varnabhidhana, Varnabhimana, Varnabhinna, Varnabhiru, Varnabhramsha, Varnabuddhi, Varnacara, Varnacaraka, Varnacatushka, Varnacatushtaya, Varnacaura.

Ends with: Anusamvarn, Avarn, Nirvarn, Piranavarn, Pravarn, Samvarn, Savarn, Suvarn, Upavarn, Vinirvarn, Vivarn, Vyavarn.

Full-text (+163): Varṇi, Upavarnana, Varnayitavya, Varnakita, Varnila, Anusamvarn, Pravarn, Vivrin, Varnaparidhvamsa, Varnodaya, Varnodaka, Upavarnaniya, Varnopanishad, Varnakadaru, Varnoddhriti, Varnavara, Varnashasana, Varnasamvarga, Varnasutra, Varnasamghata.

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