वच्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ৱচ্ (Assamese script)
- বচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- વચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- វច៑ (Khmer script)
- ವಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ວຈ຺ (Lao script)
- വച് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
- ဝစ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଚ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වච් (Sinhalese script)
- వచ్ (Telugu script)
- วจฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), Latin vōx (“voice”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”) and Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”).
Derived terms
Verb forms of वच् (vac)
- उच्यते (ucyate, “to be spoken”, passive)
- प्रवाचे (pravā́ce, infinitive)
- वक्तवे (vaktave, infinitive)
- वक्ति (vákti, “to speak”, 2P)
- वक्तोस् (váktos, infinitive)
- वाचयति (vācayati, “to cause to speak”, causative)
- वाचयते (vācayate, causative)
- विवक्षति (vivakṣati, “to wish to say”, desiderative)
- विवक्षते (vivakṣate, desiderative)
- विवक्ष्यते (vivakṣyate, “to be meant”, passive of desiderative)
- वोच् (√voc, aorist root)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 912.
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