गुणवान guṇvān
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Meritorious, virtuous, possessing good qualities, excellent, perfect.
Usual translation
- virtuous
Origin of the definition
Merit, virtue, great quality, excellence.
Constitutive quality, property, attribute.
One of the 3 qualities: sattva (purity, truth), rajas (strength, desire), and tamas (ignorance, inertia).
guṇ-vān, or guṇ-want (f. -vatī), or gun-wantā (f. -ī), adj. & s.m. Endowed with good qualities, or virtues, or merits, or excellences; excellent, perfect; — meritorious; virtuous; worthy; accomplished, skilful, able; — an excellent person; a perfect man; a saint; an accomplished scholar; a skilful or clever person (syn. guṇī).
गुण guṇa gūṉ / ~वान meritorious; possessing good qualities.
वान vāna va:n — a Sanskrit suffix ( वान् ) adopted in Hindi—meaning वाला.
S وان वान् vān or wān, suff. (f. -vatī), forming adjectives of possession from substantives; e.g. dhan-wān, 'possessing wealth, wealthy,' fr. dhan, 'wealth.'
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
124 occurrences
In 82 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
18 occurrences
In 15 on 1112 murlis
Mamma
3 occurrences
In 2 on 122 murlis
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- Monday 24 May 2021
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