[basant], m.; f. the spring (season).
[←(adaptation)− OIA vasantá- m. ‘spring season’ RV., °aka- m. Ratnāv. <√vas ‘shine’ ◀PIE *au̯es- ‘to shine; gold, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. east ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. aurora, vernal ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0156; (Turner, 1966) 11439, p.667; (MW, 1899) 0930; (Pokorny, 1959) 1174, 0086; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.532, 2.530
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