वस्तु
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu). Doublet of बस्त (bast).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वस्तु • (vastu) f (Urdu spelling وستو)
- a thing
- stuff
- baggage
- material
- something real or existent
- a commodity
- essential property, nature, essence, substance
- the object (of); the pith or substance (of)
Declension
[edit]Declension of वस्तु (fem u-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]- चीज़ (cīz)
Derived terms
[edit]- वस्तुनिष्ठता (vastuniṣṭhatā)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वस्तु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884. [1]
Old Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu).
Noun
[edit]वस्तु • (vastu) n
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱস্তু (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- বস্তু (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသ္တု (Burmese script)
- વસ્તુ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸ್ತು (Kannada script)
- វស្តុ (Khmer script)
- ວສ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
- വസ്തു (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଵସ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- වස්තු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- வஸ்து (Tamil script)
- వస్తు (Telugu script)
- วสฺตุ (Thai script)
- ཝ་སྟུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the root वस् (vas, “to dwell”); related to वास्तु (vā́stu).
Noun
[edit]वस्तु • (vastu) stem, n
- a thing
- any really existing or abiding substance or essence, thing, object, article
- seat, place
- the thing in question, matter, affair, circumstance
- the right thing, a valuable or worthy object, object of or for
- substance, contents, or subject (of a poem, etc.)
- goods, wealth, property
- (music) a kind of composition
- natural disposition, essential property
- the pith or substance of anything
Declension
[edit]Neuter u-stem declension of वस्तु (vastu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वस्तु vastu |
वस्तुनी vastunī |
वस्तूनि / वस्तु¹ / वस्तू¹ vastūni / vastu¹ / vastū¹ |
Vocative | वस्तु / वस्तो vastu / vasto |
वस्तुनी vastunī |
वस्तूनि / वस्तु¹ / वस्तू¹ vastūni / vastu¹ / vastū¹ |
Accusative | वस्तु vastu |
वस्तुनी vastunī |
वस्तूनि / वस्तु¹ / वस्तू¹ vastūni / vastu¹ / vastū¹ |
Instrumental | वस्तुना / वस्त्वा¹ vastunā / vastvā¹ |
वस्तुभ्याम् vastubhyām |
वस्तुभिः vastubhiḥ |
Dative | वस्तुने / वस्तवे¹ vastune / vastave¹ |
वस्तुभ्याम् vastubhyām |
वस्तुभ्यः vastubhyaḥ |
Ablative | वस्तुनः / वस्तोः¹ vastunaḥ / vastoḥ¹ |
वस्तुभ्याम् vastubhyām |
वस्तुभ्यः vastubhyaḥ |
Genitive | वस्तुनः / वस्तोः¹ vastunaḥ / vastoḥ¹ |
वस्तुनोः vastunoḥ |
वस्तूनाम् vastūnām |
Locative | वस्तुनि / वस्तौ¹ vastuni / vastau¹ |
वस्तुनोः vastunoḥ |
वस्तुषु vastuṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Prakrit: वत्थु (vatthu)
- → Assamese: বস্তু (bostu)
- → Balinese: ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (wastu)
- → Bengali: বস্তু (bostu)
- → Gujarati: વસ્તુ (vastu)
- → Hindi: वस्तु (vastu), बस्त (bast)
- → Kannada: ವಸ್ತು (vastu)
- → Marathi: वस्तू (vastū)
- → Nepali: बस्तु (bastu), वस्तु (vastu)
- → Old Gujarati: वस्तु (vastu)
- Pali: vatthu
- Punjabi: ਵੱਥ (vattha), → ਵਸਤੁ (vastu)
- → Tagalog: wasto
- → Tamil: வஸ்து (vastu)
- → Telugu: వస్తువు (vastuvu)
- → Thai: วัสดุ (wát-sà-dù)
- → Urdu: وستو (vastū)
Etymology 2
[edit]From the root वस् (vas, “to shine”).
Noun
[edit]वस्तु • (vástu) stem, f
Declension
[edit]Feminine u-stem declension of वस्तु (vástu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वस्तुः vástuḥ |
वस्तू vástū |
वस्तवः vástavaḥ |
Vocative | वस्तो vásto |
वस्तू vástū |
वस्तवः vástavaḥ |
Accusative | वस्तुम् vástum |
वस्तू vástū |
वस्तूः vástūḥ |
Instrumental | वस्त्वा vástvā |
वस्तुभ्याम् vástubhyām |
वस्तुभिः vástubhiḥ |
Dative | वस्तवे / वस्त्वै¹ vástave / vástvai¹ |
वस्तुभ्याम् vástubhyām |
वस्तुभ्यः vástubhyaḥ |
Ablative | वस्तोः / वस्त्वाः¹ / वस्त्वै² vástoḥ / vástvāḥ¹ / vástvai² |
वस्तुभ्याम् vástubhyām |
वस्तुभ्यः vástubhyaḥ |
Genitive | वस्तोः / वस्त्वाः¹ / वस्त्वै² vástoḥ / vástvāḥ¹ / vástvai² |
वस्त्वोः vástvoḥ |
वस्तूनाम् vástūnām |
Locative | वस्तौ / वस्त्वाम्¹ vástau / vástvām¹ |
वस्त्वोः vástvoḥ |
वस्तुषु vástuṣu |
Notes |
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References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वस्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 931/3, 932/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175; 198
Further reading
[edit]- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vastu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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