वद्

See also: वेद, वेदि, वादा, वेदी, विद्, वाद, and -वादी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဒ် (Burmese script)
• વદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವದ್ (Kannada script)
• វទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວທ຺ (Lao script)
• വദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• வத்³ (Tamil script)
• వద్ (Telugu script)
• วทฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (“to utter, to call”), and cognate with Proto-Hellenic *awéidō (“to sing”) (per Calvert Watkins), whence Ancient Greek ἀείδω (aeídō, “to chant, praise”), as well as with αὐδή (audḗ, “voice; speech”), Proto-Slavic *vaditi (whence Polish wadzić (“to encumber”)), Lithuanian vadìnti, and Hittite [script needed] (watarnahh-, “to inform, report”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd̪/

Root

वद् • (vad)

1. to speak

Derived terms

• उदित (uditá)
• वदति (vádati)
• वदते (vádate)
• वदन (vádana)
• वदन्ति (vadanti)
• वदितोस् (váditos)
• वाद (vāda)
• वादयति (vādáyati)
• वादिक (vādika)
• वादित (vādita)
• वाद्य (vā́dya)
• वाद्यते (vā́dyate)
• वावदीति (vā́vadīti)
• वावद्यते (vāvadyáte)

 

Root

वद् • (vad) 10 U

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References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 133-134