वस्तु
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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu). Doublet of बस्त (bast). Related to वास्तु (vāstu) and वास्तव (vāstav, “real”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋəs.t̪uː/, [ʋɐs.t̪uː]
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]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वस्तु vastu |
वस्तुएँ vastuẽ |
| oblique | वस्तु vastu |
वस्तुओं vastuõ |
| vocative | वस्तु vastu |
वस्तुओ vastuo |
Synonyms
[edit]- चीज़ (cīz)
Derived terms
[edit]- अंतर्वस्तु (antarvastu)
- अवस्तु (avastu)
- कथावस्तु (kathāvastu)
- पण्यवस्तु (paṇyavastu)
- वस्तुगत (vastugat)
- वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ)
- वस्तुता (vastutā)
- वस्तुनिष्ठ (vastuniṣṭh)
- वस्तुरचना (vasturacnā)
- वस्तुवाद (vastuvād)
- वस्तुसंकलन (vastusaṅklan)
- वास्तव (vāstav)
- विषयवस्तु (viṣayvastu)
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. [3]
Old Gujarati
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[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
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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]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वस्तु (vastu) | वस्तुनी (vastunī) वस्त्वी¹ (vastvī¹) |
वस्तूनि (vastūni) वस्तु¹ (vastu¹) वस्तू¹ (vastū¹) |
| accusative | वस्तु (vastu) | वस्तुनी (vastunī) वस्त्वी¹ (vastvī¹) |
वस्तूनि (vastūni) वस्तु¹ (vastu¹) वस्तू¹ (vastū¹) |
| instrumental | वस्तुना (vastunā) | वस्तुभ्याम् (vastubhyām) | वस्तुभिः (vastubhiḥ) |
| dative | वस्तुने (vastune) वस्तवे¹ (vastave¹) |
वस्तुभ्याम् (vastubhyām) | वस्तुभ्यः (vastubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वस्तुनः (vastunaḥ) वस्तोः¹ (vastoḥ¹) |
वस्तुभ्याम् (vastubhyām) | वस्तुभ्यः (vastubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वस्तुनः (vastunaḥ) वस्तोः¹ (vastoḥ¹) |
वस्तुनोः (vastunoḥ) वस्त्वोः¹ (vastvoḥ¹) |
वस्तूनाम् (vastūnām) |
| locative | वस्तुनि (vastuni) वस्तौ¹ (vastau¹) |
वस्तुनोः (vastunoḥ) वस्त्वोः¹ (vastvoḥ¹) |
वस्तुषु (vastuṣu) |
| vocative | वस्तु (vastu) वस्तो (vasto) |
वस्तुनी (vastunī) वस्त्वी¹ (vastvī¹) |
वस्तूनि (vastūni) वस्तु¹ (vastu¹) वस्तू¹ (vastū¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
[edit]- वास्तव (vāstava)
Descendants
[edit]- Prakrit: वत्थु (vatthu)
- → Assamese: বস্তু (bostu)
- → Balinese: 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), พัสดุ (pát-sà-dù)
- → Urdu: وستو (vastū)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “vā́stu”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 198: “( > line 3 > ) vastu- n. Ding”
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “वस्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 3.
Etymology 2
[edit]From the root वस् (vas, “to shine”) + -तु (-tu).[1]
Noun
[edit]वस्तु॑ • (vástu) stem, f
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वस्तुः॑ (vástuḥ) | वस्तू॑ (vástū) | वस्त॑वः (vástavaḥ) |
| accusative | वस्तु॑म् (vástum) | वस्तू॑ (vástū) | वस्तूः॑ (vástūḥ) |
| instrumental | वस्त्वा॑ (vástvā) | वस्तु॑भ्याम् (vástubhyām) | वस्तु॑भिः (vástubhiḥ) |
| dative | वस्त॑वे (vástave) वस्त्वै॑ (vástvai) |
वस्तु॑भ्याम् (vástubhyām) | वस्तु॑भ्यः (vástubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वस्तोः॑ (vástoḥ) वस्त्वाः॑ (vástvāḥ) वस्त्वै॑¹ (vástvai¹) |
वस्तु॑भ्याम् (vástubhyām) | वस्तु॑भ्यः (vástubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वस्तोः॑ (vástoḥ) वस्त्वाः॑ (vástvāḥ) वस्त्वै॑¹ (vástvai¹) |
वस्त्वोः॑ (vástvoḥ) | वस्तू॑नाम् (vástūnām) |
| locative | वस्तौ॑ (vástau) वस्त्वा॑म् (vástvām) |
वस्त्वोः॑ (vástvoḥ) | वस्तु॑षु (vástuṣu) |
| vocative | वस्तो॑ (vásto) | वस्तू॑ (vástū) | वस्त॑वः (vástavaḥ) |
- ¹Brāhmaṇas
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “vastu”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175: “Zu vástu- "Helle" s.u. vástoḥ.”
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “वस्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 931, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “vastu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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