From प्र- (pra-) + वदति (vadati).
प्रवदति • (pravadati) third-singular indicative (root प्रवद्, class 1, type P, present)
- to name
- to offer for sale
- to speak out; to raise voice; to roar
- to say; to speak to (someone); to tell
- to assert, proclaim, declare, affirm, state, pronounce, utter; splash
- to call