वध
Sanskrit
Etymology
Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀 (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀 (vada, “weapon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
वध • (vadhá) stem, m
- murder, slaughter
- one who kills; destroyer
- deadly weapon (especially Indra's thunderbolt)
- injury, hurt
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वधः vadháḥ |
वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹ |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | वध vádha |
वधौ / वधा¹ vádhau / vádhā¹ |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | वधम् vadhám |
वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹ |
वधान् vadhā́n |
Instrumental | वधेन vadhéna |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | वधाय vadhā́ya |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
Ablative | वधात् vadhā́t |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
Genitive | वधस्य vadhásya |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधानाम् vadhā́nām |
Locative | वधे vadhé |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधेषु vadhéṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
- वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
- वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)
Descendants
- → Hindi: वध (vadh, “killing, execution, massacre”)
- → Sinhalese: වධ (wadha, “torture”)
- → Telugu: వధ (vadha, “killing, slaying, murder”)
- ⇒ Telugu: వధించు (vadhiñcu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press