वात

See also: वाति, वृत, and वृति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːt̪/, [ʋäːt̪]

Noun

वात • (vāt) m

wind, air
wind as a bodily humour
rheumatism, gout

Declension

Declension of *वात* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	वात vāt	वात vāt
oblique	वात vāt	वातों vātõ
vocative	वात vāt	वातो vāto

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात • (vāta)

story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

वत्त (vatta)

Descendants

Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

vāta (Latin script)
𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
ৰাত (Bengali script)
වාත (Sinhalese script)
ဝါတ or ဝႃတ (Burmese script)
วาต or วาตะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩤᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ວາຕ or ວາຕະ (Lao script)
វាត (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄂𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वात m

Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension

Declension table of "वात" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वातो (vāto)	वाता (vātā)
Accusative (second)	वातं (vātaṃ)	वाते (vāte)
Instrumental (third)	वातेन (vātena)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वातस्स (vātassa) or वाताय (vātāya) or वातत्थं (vātatthaṃ)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वातस्मा (vātasmā) or वातम्हा (vātamhā) or वाता (vātā)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वातस्स (vātassa)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वातस्मिं (vātasmiṃ) or वातम्हि (vātamhi) or वाते (vāte)	वातेसु (vātesu)
Vocative (calling)	वात (vāta)	वाता (vātā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

ৱাত (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
বাত (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
ဝါတ (Burmese script)
વાત (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ವಾತ (Kannada script)
វាត (Khmer script)
ວາຕ (Lao script)
വാത (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
ଵାତ (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
වාත (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
வாத (Tamil script)
వాత (Telugu script)
วาต (Thai script)
ཝཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas

Sanskrit वात

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Early Rigvedic): IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.tɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वात॑ • (vā́ta) stem, m ^[2]

wind, air
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
  यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑ ।
  ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः ॥
  yáthā vā́taḥ puṣkaríṇīṃ samiṅgáyati sarvátaḥ.
  evā́ te gárbha ejatu niráitu dáśamāsyaḥ.
  Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
  So that the ten-month baby may be born.
wind-god
wind emitted from the body
wind or air as one of the humours of the body
morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वात॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वातः॑ (vā́taḥ)	वातौ॑ (vā́tau) वाता॑¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाताः॑ (vā́tāḥ) वाता॑सः¹ (vā́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	वात॑म् (vā́tam)	वातौ॑ (vā́tau) वाता॑¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाता॑न् (vā́tān)
instrumental	वाते॑न (vā́tena)	वाता॑भ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वातैः॑ (vā́taiḥ) वाते॑भिः¹ (vā́tebhiḥ¹)
dative	वाता॑य (vā́tāya)	वाता॑भ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वाते॑भ्यः (vā́tebhyaḥ)
ablative	वाता॑त् (vā́tāt)	वाता॑भ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वाते॑भ्यः (vā́tebhyaḥ)
genitive	वात॑स्य (vā́tasya)	वात॑योः (vā́tayoḥ)	वाता॑नाम् (vā́tānām)
locative	वाते॑ (vā́te)	वात॑योः (vā́tayoḥ)	वाते॑षु (vā́teṣu)
vocative	वात॑ (vā́ta)	वातौ॑ (vā́tau) वाता॑¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाताः॑ (vā́tāḥ) वाता॑सः¹ (vā́tāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

पु॒रो॒वा॒त (purovātá) (see there for further descendants)
वातापि (vātāpi)
- Old Kannada: ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi)
  - Kannada: ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi)
    - English: Badami (“a city in Karnataka”)
वातर (vātara)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Konkani: वारो (vāro) or Kodiali Konkani: वारे (vāre)
  - Old Marathi: [script needed] (vārā)
    Devanagari script: वारा (vārā), वारें (vāreṃ)
    
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰 (vārā), 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (vāreṃ)
    - Marathi: वारा (vārā)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Sindhi: varāiṇu
    Devanagari script: वराइणु
    
    Arabic script: وَرَائِڻُ (varāiṇu)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
वातुल (vātula)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
  - Assamese: বাউল (baul)
  - Bengali: বাউল (baul)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: बावला (bāvlā)
    
    Urdu: باؤلا (bāvlā)
    - ⇒ Marathi: बावळट (bāvḷaṭ)
- → Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
- → Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)
  
  Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)
  - → Marathi: वातूळ (vātūḷ)
[Term?]
- Romani: balval

Descendants

Helu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ވައި (vai)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: বা (ba)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Sindhi: واءُ (vaha)
Pali: vāta

Borrowed terms

Kannada: ವಾತ (vāta)
Malayalam: വാതകം (vātakaṁ)
Old Marathi: vāta
Devanagari script: वात

Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝
- → Marathi: वात (vāt)
Telugu: వాతము (vātamu)
Sinhalese: වාතය (wātaya)
→ Old Javanese: wāta
- > Javanese: ꦮꦠ (wata) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Past participle of वन् (van, “to win, defeat”).^[3]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.tɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

वा॒त • (vātá) stem^[4]

attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वा॒त
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वा॒तः (vātáḥ)	वा॒तौ (vātáu) वा॒ता¹ (vātā́¹)	वा॒ताः (vātā́ḥ) वा॒तासः॑¹ (vātā́saḥ¹)
accusative	वा॒तम् (vātám)	वा॒तौ (vātáu) वा॒ता¹ (vātā́¹)	वा॒तान् (vātā́n)
instrumental	वा॒तेन॑ (vāténa)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तैः (vātáiḥ) वा॒तेभिः॑¹ (vātébhiḥ¹)
dative	वा॒ताय॑ (vātā́ya)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तेभ्यः॑ (vātébhyaḥ)
ablative	वा॒तात् (vātā́t)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तेभ्यः॑ (vātébhyaḥ)
genitive	वा॒तस्य॑ (vātásya)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒ताना॑म् (vātā́nām)
locative	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒तेषु॑ (vātéṣu)
vocative	वात॑ (vā́ta)	वातौ॑ (vā́tau) वाता॑¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाताः॑ (vā́tāḥ) वाता॑सः¹ (vā́tāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of वा॒ता
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वा॒ता (vātā́)	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒ताः (vātā́ḥ)
accusative	वा॒ताम् (vātā́m)	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒ताः (vātā́ḥ)
instrumental	वा॒तया॑ (vātáyā) वा॒ता¹ (vātā́¹)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒ताभिः॑ (vātā́bhiḥ)
dative	वा॒तायै॑ (vātā́yai)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒ताभ्यः॑ (vātā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	वा॒तायाः॑ (vātā́yāḥ) वा॒तायै॑² (vātā́yai²)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒ताभ्यः॑ (vātā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	वा॒तायाः॑ (vātā́yāḥ) वा॒तायै॑² (vātā́yai²)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒ताना॑म् (vātā́nām)
locative	वा॒ताया॑म् (vātā́yām)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒तासु॑ (vātā́su)
vocative	वाते॑ (vā́te)	वाते॑ (vā́te)	वाताः॑ (vā́tāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of वा॒त
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वा॒तम् (vātám)	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒तानि॑ (vātā́ni) वा॒ता¹ (vātā́¹)
accusative	वा॒तम् (vātám)	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒तानि॑ (vātā́ni) वा॒ता¹ (vātā́¹)
instrumental	वा॒तेन॑ (vāténa)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तैः (vātáiḥ) वा॒तेभिः॑¹ (vātébhiḥ¹)
dative	वा॒ताय॑ (vātā́ya)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तेभ्यः॑ (vātébhyaḥ)
ablative	वा॒तात् (vātā́t)	वा॒ताभ्या॑म् (vātā́bhyām)	वा॒तेभ्यः॑ (vātébhyaḥ)
genitive	वा॒तस्य॑ (vātásya)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒ताना॑म् (vātā́nām)
locative	वा॒ते (vāté)	वा॒तयोः॑ (vātáyoḥ)	वा॒तेषु॑ (vātéṣu)
vocative	वात॑ (vā́ta)	वाते॑ (vā́te)	वाता॑नि (vā́tāni) वाता॑¹ (vā́tā¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

अवात (ávāta, “undefeated”)
निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 542
^ Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “van”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 550-1: “á-vāta-”
^ Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939, column 3.

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 542

[2] Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “van”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 550-1: “á-vāta-”

[4] Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939, column 3.

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