वे

See also: ब, बा, बू, बे-, बॖ, -व, व, वृ, वै, and ॿ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi वे (ve), वै (vai), from Apabhramsa ओइ (oi), perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit *अव (*ava), attested in अवोष् (avoṣ), अवोर् (avor, “of you both”, gen. du.), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *avá. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬬𐬀 (ava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

• Audio (Delhi):

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  • Homophones: वह (vah), वो (vo)

Pronoun

वे • (ve) m pl or f pl by sense (Urdu spelling وے) (demonstrative)

1. direct plural of वह (vah); they, those, he (honorific), she (honorific)

   वे अच्छे लोग हैं। ― ve acche log ha͠i. ― They are good people.

   उन मकानों में छह कमरे हैं।

   un makānõ mẽ chah kamre ha͠i.

   In those houses there are six rooms.

See also

• इन (in) (near reference)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वे”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “वे”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Noun

वे

1. Devanagari script form of ve, which is locative singular of व (va, “letter 'v'”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱে (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾ (Balinese script)
• বে (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေ (Burmese script)
• વે (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇ (Kannada script)
• វេ (Khmer script)
• ເວ (Lao script)
• വേ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଵେ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸 (Siddham script)
• වෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲 (Takri script)
• வே (Tamil script)
• వే (Telugu script)
• เว (Thai script)
• ཝེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́j/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to weave”), related to Lithuanian áusti. Unrelated to व्ययति (vyáyati, “winds, wraps”) (root व्ये (vye)).

Alternative forms

• वि (vi), वा (vā), उ (u), ऊय् (ūy)

Root

वे • (ve)

1. to weave

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वे (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वे (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वयति (váyati) (Present)
• वयिष्यति (vayiṣyáti) (Future)
• वास्यति (vāsyáti) (Future)
• वाता (vātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अवासीत् (ávāsīt) (Aorist)
• ऊयात् (ūyāt) (Benedictive)
• ववौ (vaváu) (Perfect)
• उवाय (uvā́ya) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• ऊयते (ūyáte) (Passive)
• अवायि (ávāyi) (Passive Aorist)
• वाययति (vāyáyati) (Causative)
• विवासति (vivāsati) (Desiderative)
• वावायते (vāvāyate) (Intensive)
• वावेति (vāveti) (Intensive)
• वावाति (vāvāti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• उत (utá) (Past Participle)
• ऊत (ūtá) (Past Participle)
• ओतुम् (ótum) (Infinitive)
• ओतवे (ótave) (Infinitive)
• ओतवै (ótavái) (Infinitive)
• वातवे (vā́tave) (Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वाय (vāya)
• वायक (vāyaka)
• वयन (vayana)
• वान (vāna)
• वयुन (vayúna)
• ऊति (ūti)
• ओतु (ótu)
• वातव्य (vātavya)
• वयितृ (vayitṛ)
• वेणी (veṇī)
• वेम (vema)
• वेमन् (veman)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अपवे (apave)
• आवे (āve)
• उद्वे (udve)
• उपवे (upave)
• परिवे (parive)
• प्रवे (prave)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Noun

वे • (vé)

1. vocative singular of वि (ví, “bird”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वे”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), “2.vā, vi, u”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “O”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 275-6
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “o”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 349-350