वात

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

  • वत्त (vatta)

Descendants

  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

वात m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (wind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (wind). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian باد (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

Noun

वात (vā́ta) m [1]

  1. wind, air
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
      यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः।
      एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥
      yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ.
      evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ .
      Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
      So that the ten-month baby may be born.
  2. wind-god
  3. wind emitted from the body
  4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
  5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of वात (vā́ta)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वातः
vā́taḥ
वातौ
vā́tau
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative वात
vā́ta
वातौ
vā́tau
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative वातम्
vā́tam
वातौ
vā́tau
वातान्
vā́tān
Instrumental वातेन
vā́tena
वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām
वातैः / वातेभिः¹
vā́taiḥ / vā́tebhiḥ¹
Dative वाताय
vā́tāya
वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām
वातेभ्यः
vā́tebhyaḥ
Ablative वातात्
vā́tāt
वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām
वातेभ्यः
vā́tebhyaḥ
Genitive वातस्य
vā́tasya
वातयोः
vā́tayoḥ
वातानाम्
vā́tānām
Locative वाते
vā́te
वातयोः
vā́tayoḥ
वातेषु
vā́teṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Derived terms
  • वातर (vātara)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: वारो
      • Old Marathi:
        Devanagari: वारा (vārā), वारें (vāreṃ)
        Modi: 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰 (vārā), 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (vāreṃ)
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Sindhi: varāiṇu
        Devanagari: वराइणु
        Arabic: وَرَائِڻُ
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
  • वातुल (vātula)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
    • Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
    • Old Marathi:
      Devanagari: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)
      Modi: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)
      • Marathi: वातूळ (vātūḷ)
  • [Term?]
Descendants
  • Helu:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Sindhi: واءُ (vaha)
  • Pali: vāta

Borrowed terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (excited, raging). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (Odin), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (mad, crazy) (whence English wode).

Adjective

वात (vā́ta)[2]

  1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt
Derived terms
  • निवात (nivātá, unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure)

References

  1. Monier Williams (1899), वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0934.
  2. Monier Williams (1899), वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0939.
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