As a Hindi name
वाँ
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
wish, desire, longing for (acc. with prati loc. or gen.; vāñchāṃ-√ kṛ with loc., ‘to desire or long for’), &c.
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Dictionary citations
vāñchā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) wish, desire, longing for (acc. with prati loc. or gen.; vāñchāṃ-√ kṛ with loc., ‘to desire or long for’), Kāv.; Kathās.; Rājat. &c.
statement, assumption, Sarvad.
vāñchā f. (-ñchā) Wish, desire. E. vācchi to wish, aff. ac.
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