वण्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बण्ट् (baṇṭ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱণ্ট্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬡ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বণ্ট্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰜𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဏ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
• વણ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਣ੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌣𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦟ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂝𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಣ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
• វណ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຓ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
• വണ്ട് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢏᢞ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘜𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢏᢌ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦼𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐞𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଣ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢠ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆟𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖜𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වණ‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩪 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚘𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
• வண்ட் (Tamil script)
• వణ్ట్ (Telugu script)
• วณฺฏฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཎྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒝𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨘𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Attempts to connect the root to Dravidian have been unsuccessful. There is a vague similarity with Chinese 頒／颁 (bān, “to confer”) and/or 分 (fēn, “to divide, distribute”). Considering the root is only attested in Classical onwards, this word was possibly borrowed from Sinitic merchants from Southern China who pronounced the word/s closer to van or ven. The ट् is problematic, however; it is perhaps an ad hoc addition to differentiate from वनोति (vanoti, meaning “to desire, love or wish for”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳʈ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳʈ/

Root

वण्ट् • (vaṇṭ)

1. to partition, apportion, share, divide

Derived terms

• वण्टति (vaṇṭati)
• वण्टयति (vaṇṭayati)
• वण्टापयति (vaṇṭāpayati)
• वण्ट्यते (vaṇṭyate)
• वण्ट्यमान (vaṇṭyamāna)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वण्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 454
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 131