वह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उह् (uh) — samprasāraṇa form

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဟ် (Burmese script)
• વહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಹ್ (Kannada script)
• វហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຫ຺ (Lao script)
• വഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• வஹ் (Tamil script)
• వహ్ (Telugu script)
• วหฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-

Sanskrit वह्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वह् • (vah)

1. to carry

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वह् (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वह् (8 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वहति (váhati) (Present)
• वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti) (Future)
• वोढा (voḍhā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अवाक्षीत् (ávākṣīt) (Aorist)
• उह्यात् (uhyāt) (Benedictive)
• उवाह (uvā́ha) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• उह्यते (uhyáte) (Passive)
• अवाहि (ávāhi) (Passive Aorist)
• वाहयति (vāháyati) (Causative)
• अवीवहत् (ávīvahat) (Causative Aorist)
• वाह्यते (vāhyate) (Passive of Causative)
• विवक्षति (vivakṣati) (Desiderative)
• वावहीति (vāvahīti) (Intensive)
• वनीवाह्यते (vanīvāhyáte) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• ऊढ (ūḍhá) (Past Participle)
• वोढुम् (vóḍhum) (Infinitive)
• वोढवे (vóḍhave) (Infinitive)
• वोढवै (vóḍhavái) (Infinitive)
• वहध्यै (váhadhyai) (Infinitive)
• ऊढ्वा (ūḍhvā́) (Gerund)
• उह्य (úhya) (Gerund)
• वाह्य (vāhya) (Gerundive)
• वोढव्य (voḍhavya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वाह् (vāh)
• वह (váha)
• वहिन् (vahín)
• वह्य (vahya)
• ओघ (ogha)
• औघ (aughá)
• वाह (vāhá)
• वाहक (vāhaka)
• वाहिन् (vāhin)
• वहन (vahana)
• वाहन (vāhana)
• वाहनीय (vāhanīya)
• वहत् (vahat)
• वाहस् (vāhas)
• ऊढि (ūḍhi)
• वहतु (vahatu)
• वाहितव्य (vāhitavya)
• वोढृ (voḍhṛ)
• वाहितृ (vāhitṛ)
• वहितृ (vahitṛ)
• वहित्र (vahitra)
• वहिष्ठ (vahiṣṭha)
• वाहिष्ठ (vāhiṣṭha)
• वहीयस् (vahīyas)
• वह्नि (vahni)
• वह्मन् (vahman)
• वक्षस् (vakṣas)
• वक्षी (vakṣī)
• वावहि (vāvahi)
• वीवध (vīvadha)
• वाहयितृ (vāhayitṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिवह् (ativah)
• अनुवह् (anuvah)
• अपवह् (apavah)
• अभिवह् (abhivah)
• आवह् (āvah)
• उद्वह् (udvah)
• उपवह् (upavah)
• निर्वह् (nirvah)
• निवह् (nivah)
• परावह् (parāvah)
• परिवह् (parivah)
• प्रतिवह् (prativah)
• प्रवह् (pravah)
• विवह् (vivah)
• संवह् (saṃvah)

Related terms

• ऊह् (ūh, “to push, remove”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, columns 2-3.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “vah”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VAH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 535-7