अमवत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hámawants, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hámawants. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (amauuaṇt). Synchronically अम (ama, “impetuosity, violence”) +‎ -वत् (-vat).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.mɐ.ʋɐt/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mɐ.ʋɐt̪/

Adjective

अमवत् • (ámavat) stem

1. strong, impetuous
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Adverb

अमवत् • (ámavat)

1. impetuously
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.58.1

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अमवत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 80.