वक्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝက္တိ (Burmese script)
• વક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• វក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ວກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• വക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வக்தி (Tamil script)
• వక్తి (Telugu script)
• วกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Post-Vedic verb, possibly a backformation from forms like future वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Russian вякать (vjakatʹ), Latin vōx, Old Irish focul.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́k.ti/, [ʋɐ́k̚.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐk.t̪i/, [ˈʋɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

वक्ति • (vákti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root वच्)

1. present of वच् (vac, “to say”)

Conjugation

Occurs in only a limited number of forms:

• Present indicative active 3s: वक्ति (vákti)
• Present indicative active 2s: वक्षि (vákṣi)
• Present indicative active 1s: वच्मि (vácmi)
• Imperative active 3s: वक्तु (váktu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 912, column 1.