वनोति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vanoti (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ৰনোতি (Bengali script)
• වනොති (Sinhalese script)
• ဝနောတိ or ဝၼေႃတိ (Burmese script)
• วโนติ or วะโนติ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨶᩮᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ວໂນຕິ or ວະໂນຕິ (Lao script)
• វនោតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄚𑄮𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

वनोति (root van, sixth conjugation)

1. alternative form of वनति (vanati, “to desire”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱনোতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বনোতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝနောတိ (Burmese script)
• વનોતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವನೋತಿ (Kannada script)
• វនោតិ (Khmer script)
• ວໂນຕິ (Lao script)
• വനോതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵନୋତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වනොති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வநோதி (Tamil script)
• వనోతి (Telugu script)
• วโนติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ནོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wanáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanáwti, from either or both Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁-néw-ti ~ *wn̥h₁-nw-énti (“to love”) and *wn̥-néw-ti ~ *wn̥-nw-énti (“to overcome, win”). Cognate with Old English winnan.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.nɐ́w.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.n̪oː.t̪i/

Verb

व॒नोति॑ • (vanóti) third-singular indicative (class 8, type P, root वन्)

1. to like, love, wish, desire
2. to gain, acquire, procure (for one's self or others)
3. to conquer, win, become master of, possess
4. to prepare, make ready for, aim at, attack
5. to hurt, injure

Conjugation

Present: व॒नोति॑ (vanóti), व॒नु॒ते (vanuté)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	व॒नोति॑ vanóti	व॒नु॒तः vanutáḥ	व॒न्वन्ति॑ vanvánti	व॒नु॒ते vanuté	व॒न्वाते॑ vanvā́te	व॒न्वते॑ vanváte
Second	व॒नोषि॑ vanóṣi	व॒नु॒थः vanutháḥ	व॒नु॒थ vanuthá	व॒नु॒षे vanuṣé	व॒न्वाथे॑ vanvā́the	व॒नु॒ध्वे vanudhvé
First	व॒नोमि॑ vanómi	व॒न्वः / व॒नु॒वः vanváḥ / vanuváḥ	व॒न्मः / व॒न्मसि॑¹ / व॒नु॒मः / व॒नु॒मसि॑¹ vanmáḥ / vanmási¹ / vanumáḥ / vanumási¹	व॒न्वे vanvé	व॒न्वहे॑ / व॒नु॒वहे॑ vanváhe / vanuváhe	व॒न्महे॑ / व॒नु॒महे॑ vanmáhe / vanumáhe
Imperative
Third	व॒नोतु॑ vanótu	व॒नु॒ताम् vanutā́m	व॒न्वन्तु॑ vanvántu	व॒नु॒ताम् vanutā́m	व॒न्वाता॑म् vanvā́tām	व॒न्वता॑म् vanvátām
Second	व॒नु / व॒नु॒हि¹ vanú / vanuhí¹	व॒नु॒तम् vanutám	व॒नु॒त vanutá	व॒नु॒ष्व vanuṣvá	व॒न्वाथा॑म् vanvā́thām	व॒नु॒ध्वम् vanudhvám
First	व॒नवा॑नि vanávāni	व॒नवा॑व vanávāva	व॒नवा॑म vanávāma	व॒नवै॑ vanávai	व॒नवा॑वहै vanávāvahai	व॒नवा॑महै vanávāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	व॒नु॒यात् vanuyā́t	व॒नु॒याता॑म् vanuyā́tām	व॒नु॒युः vanuyúḥ	व॒न्वी॒त vanvītá	व॒न्वी॒याता॑म् vanvīyā́tām	व॒न्वी॒रन् vanvīrán
Second	व॒नु॒याः vanuyā́ḥ	व॒नु॒यात॑म् vanuyā́tam	व॒नु॒यात॑ vanuyā́ta	व॒न्वी॒थाः vanvīthā́ḥ	व॒न्वी॒याथा॑म् vanvīyā́thām	व॒न्वी॒ध्वम् vanvīdhvám
First	व॒नु॒याम् vanuyā́m	व॒नु॒याव॑ vanuyā́va	व॒नु॒याम॑ vanuyā́ma	व॒न्वी॒य vanvīyá	व॒न्वी॒वहि॑ vanvīváhi	व॒न्वी॒महि॑ vanvīmáhi
Subjunctive
Third	व॒नव॑त् / व॒नव॑ति vanávat / vanávati	व॒नव॑तः vanávataḥ	व॒नव॑न् vanávan	व॒नव॑ते / व॒नवा॑तै vanávate / vanávātai	व॒नवै॑ते vanávaite	व॒नव॑न्त / व॒नवा॑न्तै vanávanta / vanávāntai
Second	व॒नवः॑ / व॒नव॑सि vanávaḥ / vanávasi	व॒नव॑थः vanávathaḥ	व॒नव॑थ vanávatha	व॒नव॑से / व॒नवा॑सै vanávase / vanávāsai	व॒नवै॑थे vanávaithe	व॒नव॑ध्वे / व॒नवा॑ध्वै vanávadhve / vanávādhvai
First	व॒नवा॑नि / व॒नवा॑ vanávāni / vanávā	व॒नवा॑व vanávāva	व॒नवा॑म vanávāma	व॒नवै॑ vanávai	व॒नवा॑वहै vanávāvahai	व॒नवा॑महै vanávāmahai
Participles
	व॒न्वत् vanvát			व॒न्वा॒न vanvāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अव॑नोत् (ávanot), अव॑नुत (ávanuta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अव॑नोत् ávanot	अव॑नुताम् ávanutām	अव॑न्वन् ávanvan	अव॑नुत ávanuta	अव॑न्वाताम् ávanvātām	अव॑न्वत ávanvata
Second	अव॑नोः ávanoḥ	अव॑नुतम् ávanutam	अव॑नुत ávanuta	अव॑नुथाः ávanuthāḥ	अव॑न्वाथाम् ávanvāthām	अव॑नुध्वम् ávanudhvam
First	अव॑नवम् ávanavam	अव॑न्व / अव॑नुव ávanva / ávanuva	अव॑न्म / अव॑नुम ávanma / ávanuma	अव॑न्वि ávanvi	अव॑न्वहि / अव॑नुवहि ávanvahi / ávanuvahi	अव॑न्महि / अव॑नुमहि ávanmahi / ávanumahi

Descendants

• Pali: vanati (“desires, aims at”), vanāyati, vanoti
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁂𑀇 (vaṇei, “to ask for”)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: बनना (bannā, “to become, be made”)
        • → Gujarati: બનવું (banvũ)
        • → Kashmiri: بَنُن (banun)
        • → Marathi: बनणे (banṇe)
      • Urdu: بَنْنَا (bannā, “to become, be made”)
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Assamese: বনা (bona)
    • Bengali: বানানো (bananō, “to create”)
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Nepali: बन्नु (bannu, “to become, be made”)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Sindhi: وَڻَڻُ / वणणु (vaṇaṇu, “to suit”)
    • Punjabi: ਬਣਨਾ / بَننا (baṇnā, “to be made, be fit, suit”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वनोति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/2.