वाच्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬵᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ৱাচ্ (Assamese script)
- বাচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- વાચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦴꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- វាច៑ (Khmer script)
- ವಾಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ວາຈ຺ (Lao script)
- വാച് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
- ဝါစ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵାଚ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢵꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වාච් (Sinhalese script)
- వాచ్ (Telugu script)
- วาจฺ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Latin vōx, Persian آواز (âvâz), English voice (via Latin and Old French).
Noun
वाच् • (vā́c) f
- speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.76.1:
- आ भात्यग्निरुषसामनीकमुद्विप्राणां देवया वाचो अस्थुः ।
अर्वाञ्चा नूनं रथ्येह यातं पीपिवांसमश्विना घर्ममच्छ ॥- ā bhātyagniruṣasāmanīkamudviprāṇāṃ devayā vāco asthuḥ .
arvāñcā nūnaṃ rathyeha yātaṃ pīpivāṃsamaśvinā gharmamaccha . - Agni, the bright face of the Dawns, is shining; the singers' pious voices have ascended.
Borne on your chariot, Aśvins, turn you hither and come unto our full and rich libation.
- ā bhātyagniruṣasāmanīkamudviprāṇāṃ devayā vāco asthuḥ .
- आ भात्यग्निरुषसामनीकमुद्विप्राणां देवया वाचो अस्थुः ।
- वाचम् (vācam)-√ṛ, √īr or √iṣ — to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call
- a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration
- वाचं (vācaṃ)-√vad — to speak words
- वाचं व्या (vācaṃ vyā)-√hṛ — to utter words
- वाचं (vācaṃ)-√dā +dative — to address words to
- वाचा सत्यं (vācā satyaṃ)-√kṛ — to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth
Declension
Declension of वाच्
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | वाक् (vā́k) | वाचौ (vā́cau) | वाचः (vā́caḥ) |
| Vocative | वाक् (vā́k) | वाचौ (vā́cau) | वाचः (vā́caḥ) |
| Accusative | वाचम् (vā́cam) | वाचौ (vā́cau) | वाचः (vā́caḥ), वाचः (vācáḥ) |
| Instrumental | वाचा (vācā́) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyā́m) | वाग्भिः (vāgbhíḥ) |
| Dative | वाचे (vācé) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyā́m) | वाग्भ्यः (vāgbhyáḥ) |
| Ablative | वाचः (vācáḥ) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyā́m) | वाग्भ्यः (vāgbhyáḥ) |
| Genitive | वाचः (vācáḥ) | वाचोः (vācóḥ) | वाचम् (vācám) |
| Locative | वाचि (vācí) | वाचोः (vācóḥ) | वक्षु (vakṣú) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वाच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0936.
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