व्रत

See also: वीरता, वार्ता, and वारित

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɾət̪/, [ʋɾɐt̪]

Noun

व्रत • (vrat) m

1. fast

   (deprecated template usage) व्रत रखना ― vrat rakhnā ― to fast

1. vow

   (deprecated template usage) व्रत लेना ― vrat lenā ― to take a vow

   (deprecated template usage) व्रत करना ― vrat karnā ― to make a vow

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wratám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wratám, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak, say”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (urvāta), Old English word (whence English word).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

व्रत • (vratá) stem, n

1. will
2. command
3. law
4. ordinance
5. rule
6. obedience
7. service
8. dominion, realm
9. sphere of action, function, mode or manner of life
10. conduct
11. manner, usage, custom
12. a religious vow or practice
13. any pious observance
14. meritorious act of devotion or austerity
15. solemn vow
16. rule
17. holy practice

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of व्रत (vratá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	व्रतम् vratám	व्रते vraté	व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹
Vocative	व्रत vráta	व्रते vráte	व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vrátāni / vrátā¹
Accusative	व्रतम् vratám	व्रते vraté	व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹
Instrumental	व्रतेन vraténa	व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām	व्रतैः / व्रतेभिः¹ vrataíḥ / vratébhiḥ¹
Dative	व्रताय vratā́ya	व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām	व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ
Ablative	व्रतात् vratā́t	व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām	व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ
Genitive	व्रतस्य vratásya	व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ	व्रतानाम् vratā́nām
Locative	व्रते vraté	व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ	व्रतेषु vratéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: व्रत (vrat)
• → Indonesian: brata
• → Tocharian B: wrat

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “व्रत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1042.