वहति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱহতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬳᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বহতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰮𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဟတိ (Burmese script)
• વહતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌹𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦲꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂯𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಹತಿ (Kannada script)
• វហតិ (Khmer script)
• ວຫຕິ (Lao script)
• വഹതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡥᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘮𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧎𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐴𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵହତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢲꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆲𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖮𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වහති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪂𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚩𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வஹதி (Tamil script)
• వహతి (Telugu script)
• วหติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཧ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒯𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨱𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with Latin vehō, Old English wegan (whence English weigh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɦɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.ɦɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वहति • (váhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root वह्)

1. to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle)
2. to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of Agni)
3. to bear along (water, said of rivers)
4. to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)
5. to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow
6. to cause, effect
7. to offer (a sacrifice)
8. to spread, diffuse (scent)
9. to shed (tears)
10. to carry away, carry off, rob
11. to lead home, take to wife, marry
12. to bear or carry on or with
13. to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess
14. to wear (clothes)
15. (with शिरस् (śiras)) to bear one's head (उच्चैश्तराम् (uccaiś-tarām, “high”))
16. (with वसुंधराम् (vasuṃdharām) or क्ष्मामण्डालम् (kṣmā-maṇḍālam)) to support i.e. rule the earth
17. (with गर्भम् (garbham)) to be with child
18. to bear, suffer, endure
19. to forbear, forgive, pardon
20. to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, 'the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance')
21. to experience, feel
22. to exhibit, show, betray
23. to pay (a fine)
24. to pass, spend (time)
25. (intransitive) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim
26. to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse)
27. to blow (as wind)
28. to pass away, elapse
29. to be drawn or borne by (+ instrumental) or along or off
30. (causative) to cause to bear or carry or convey or draw, drive (a chariot), guide or ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go or travel by any vehicle
31. (causative) to cause to guide
32. (causative) to cause any one (+ accusative) to carry anything (+accusative) on (+locative)
33. (causative) to cause to take in marriage
34. (causative) to cause to be conveyed by (+instrumental)
35. (causative) to traverse (a road)
36. (causative) to accomplish (a journey)
37. (causative) to employ, keep going or in work
38. (causative) to give, administer
39. (causative) to take in, deceive
40. (intensive) to carry hither and thither
41. to bear (a burden)

Conjugation

Present: वहति (vahati), वहते (vahate), वह्यते (vahyate)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	वहति vahati	वहतः vahataḥ	वहन्ति vahanti	वहते vahate	वहेते vahete	वहन्ते vahante	वह्यते vahyate	वह्येते vahyete	वह्यन्ते vahyante
Second	वहसि vahasi	वहथः vahathaḥ	वहथ vahatha	वहसे vahase	वहेथे vahethe	वहध्वे vahadhve	वह्यसे vahyase	वह्येथे vahyethe	वह्यध्वे vahyadhve
First	वहामि vahāmi	वहावः vahāvaḥ	वहामः vahāmaḥ	वहे vahe	वहावहे vahāvahe	वहामहे vahāmahe	वह्ये vahye	वह्यावहे vahyāvahe	वह्यामहे vahyāmahe
Imperative Mood
Third	वहतु vahatu	वहताम् vahatām	वहन्तु vahantu	वहताम् vahatām	वहेताम् vahetām	वहन्ताम् vahantām	वह्यताम् vahyatām	वह्येताम् vahyetām	वह्यन्ताम् vahyantām
Second	वह vaha	वहतम् vahatam	वहत vahata	वहस्व vahasva	वहेथाम् vahethām	वहध्वम् vahadhvam	वह्यस्व vahyasva	वह्येथाम् vahyethām	वह्यध्वम् vahyadhvam
First	वहानि vahāni	वहाव vahāva	वहाम vahāma	वहै vahai	वहावहै vahāvahai	वहामहै vahāmahai	वह्यै vahyai	वह्यावहै vahyāvahai	वह्यामहै vahyāmahai
Optative Mood
Third	वहेत् vahet	वहेताम् vahetām	वहेयुः vaheyuḥ	वहेत vaheta	वहेयाताम् vaheyātām	वहेरन् vaheran	वह्येत vahyeta	वह्येयाताम् vahyeyātām	वह्येरन् vahyeran
Second	वहेः vaheḥ	वहेतम् vahetam	वहेत vaheta	वहेथाः vahethāḥ	वहेयाथाम् vaheyāthām	वहेध्वम् vahedhvam	वह्येथाः vahyethāḥ	वह्येयाथाम् vahyeyāthām	वह्येध्वम् vahyedhvam
First	वहेयम् vaheyam	वहेव vaheva	वहेमः vahemaḥ	वहेय vaheya	वहेवहि vahevahi	वहेमहि vahemahi	वह्येय vahyeya	वह्येवहि vahyevahi	वह्येमहि vahyemahi
Participles
	वहत् vahat	or	वहन्त् vahant	वहमान vahamāna			वह्यमान vahyamāna

Imperfect: अवहत् (avahat), अवहत (avahata), अवह्यत (avahyata)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	अवहत् avahat	अवहताम् avahatām	अवहन् avahan	अवहत avahata	अवहेताम् avahetām	अवहन्त avahanta	अवह्यत avahyata	अवह्येताम् avahyetām	अवह्यन्त avahyanta
Second	अवहः avahaḥ	अवहतम् avahatam	अवहत avahata	अवहथाः avahathāḥ	अवहेथाम् avahethām	अवहध्वम् avahadhvam	अवह्यथाः avahyathāḥ	अवह्येथाम् avahyethām	अवह्यध्वम् avahyadhvam
First	अवहम् avaham	अवहाव avahāva	अवहाम avahāma	अवहे avahe	अवहावहि avahāvahi	अवहामहि avahāmahi	अवह्ये avahye	अवह्यावहि avahyāvahi	अवह्यामहि avahyāmahi

Descendants

• • Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
• Pali: vahati
• • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बहना (bahnā)
    • Urdu: بہنا (bahnā)

References

Monier Monier-Williams (2008 February 9 (last accessed)) “Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]