वम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝမ် (Burmese script)
• વમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಮ್ (Kannada script)
• វម៑ (Khmer script)
• ວມ຺ (Lao script)
• വമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• வம் (Tamil script)
• వమ్ (Telugu script)
• วมฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वम् • (vam)

1. to vomit

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• वमति (vamati, present)
• वमि॑ति (vámiti, present)
• व॒मि॒ष्यति॑ (vamiṣyáti, future)
• व॒मि॒ता (vamitā́, periphrastic future)
• अवा॑न् (ávān, aorist)
• अव॑मीत् (ávamīt, aorist)
• व॒वाम॑ (vavā́ma, perfect)
• उ॒वाम॑ (uvā́ma, perfect)

Secondary forms

• व॒म्यते॑ (vamyáte, passive)
• अवा॑मि (ávāmi, passive aorist)
• वा॒मय॑ति (vāmáyati, causative)
• व॒मय॑ति (vamáyati, causative)
• अवी॑वमत् (ávīvamat, causative aorist)
• विवमिषति (vivamiṣati, desiderative)
• वंवम्यते (vaṃvamyate, intensive)
• वंवन्ति (vaṃvanti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• वा॒न्त (vāntá, past participle)
• वमितुम् (vamitum, infinitive)
• व॒मि॒त्वा (vamitvā́, gerund)
• वमितव्य (vamitavya, gerundive)
• वमनीय (vamanīya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• वमथु (vamathu)
• वमन (vamana, “vomiting”)
• वमि (vami)
• वामिन् (vāmin)

Prefixed root forms

• अभिवम् (abhivam)
• उद्वम् (udvam)
• निर्वम् (nirvam)
• परावम् (parāvam)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वम् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वम् (2 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 154

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VAM^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 506-7