Q. vanya adj. “fair, beautiful, unmarred; fair-haired (yellow to golden)” (Category: Beautiful)

Q. vanya, adj. “fair, beautiful, unmarred; ⚠️fair-haired (yellow to golden); [ᴱQ.] good (not evil), holy” (Category: Beautiful)

ᴱQ. calwa “fair, beautiful”

Q. wenya “fair, beautiful”

References ✧ PE17/56-57, 149-150, 154, 165

Glosses

• “beautiful” ✧ PE17/150
• “beautiful, unmarred, of fair unspoiled form” ✧ PE17/150
• “fair” ✧ PE17/56; PE17/57; PE17/150; PE17/149 (vanya)
• “fair-haired” ✧ PE17/154 (vanya)
• “fair-haired (yellow to golden)” ✧ PE17/150
• “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/165 (†wana)

Variations

• vanya ✧ PE17/56; PE17/57; PE17/150; PE17/150; PE17/150; PE17/150; PE17/149 (vanya); PE17/154 (vanya); PE17/165 (vanya)
• văna ✧ PE17/150
• †wana ✧ PE17/165
• †wanya ✧ PE17/165

Related

• †wana “pale, fair” later blended with vanya ✧ PE17/165
• ᴺQ. vaina¹ “blonde, fair of hair” vs. vanya “fair, beautiful, unmarred; fair-haired (yellow to golden)”

Element In

• Q. ilvan(y)a “perfect” ✧ PE17/150 (ilvanya)
• Q. úvana “marred” ✧ PE17/150
• Q. Vanya
• Q. Arda Vanya “Arda Unmarred” ✧ PE17/150

Cognates

• S. bain “fair, beautiful; good, wholesome, favorable; fair-haired” ✧ PE17/150 (bân); PE17/154 (bain); PE17/165 (bain)
• S. gwain² “blond” ✧ PE17/150
• S. gwân “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/165 (gwân)

Derivations

• < √BAN “beauty (due to lack of fault or blemish); fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/56; PE17/149 (ɃAN); PE17/150
• < ✶banya “beautiful” ✧ PE17/165 (banya)
  • < √BAN “beauty (due to lack of fault or blemish); fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/165 (BAN)
• < √(G)WAN “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/154 (GWAN); PE17/165 (GWAN)
• < ✶wanya “fair-haired (yellow to golden)” ✧ PE17/150; PE17/150 (wana)
  • < √(G)WAN “pale, fair” ✧ PE17/150 (WAN); PE17/150 (WAN)

Phonetic Developments

√BAN > vanya	[banja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/56
√ɃAN > vanya	[banja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/149
√BAN > vanya	[banja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/150
✶wanya > vanya	[wanja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/150
✶wana > văna	[wanja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/150
√GWAN > vanya	[gwanja] > [ɣwanja] > [wanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/154
✶banya > vanya	[banja] > [βanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/165
√GWAN > †wana	[gwanja] > [ɣwanja] > [wanja] > [vanja]	✧ PE17/165

ᴹQ. vanya adj. “beautiful, fair” (Category: Beautiful)

References ✧ Ety/BAN; LR/72

Glosses

• “beautiful” ✧ Ety/BAN
• “fair” ✧ LR/72

Element In

• ᴹQ. Ilu vanya, fanya, eari, i-mar, ar ilqa ímen “the World is fair, the sky, the seas, the earth, and all that is in them” ✧ LR/72

Cognates

• N. bein “fair, beautiful” ✧ Ety/BAN

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶bányā “beautiful” ✧ Ety/BAN
  • < ᴹ√BAN “*beauty” ✧ Ety/BAN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶bányā > vanya

[banjā] > [βanjā] > [βanja] > [vanja]

✧ Ety/BAN

ᴱQ. vanya adj. “good (not evil), holy” (Category: Holy, Sacred)

References ✧ PE14/81; PE15/73-74

Glosses

• “good (not evil)” ✧ PE14/81
• “good, holy, not evil” ✧ PE15/73
• “holy” ✧ PE15/74

Variations

• vanya ✧ PE14/81; PE15/73; PE15/74

Inflections

valda	augmentative	✧ PE14/81; PE15/73
vanyalda	augmentative	✧ PE15/73
vanyalla	augmentative	✧ PE14/81