-व

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

Hindi

Etymology

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Suffix

-व • (-v)

1. (chemistry) -ol

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• -va (Latin script)
• -𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• -ৰ (Bengali script)
• -ව (Sinhalese script)
• -ဝ (Burmese script)
• -ว or -วะ (Thai script)
• -ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• -ວ or -ວະ (Lao script)
• -វ (Khmer script)
• -𑅇 (Chakma script)

Suffix

-व (-va)

1. masculine/neuter vocative singular of -वन्त् (-vant), Devanagari script form of -vant

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬯ (Balinese script)
• -ဝ (Burmese script)
• -व (Devanagari script)
• -ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌵 (Grantha script)
• -ꦮ (Javanese script)
• -𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• -វ (Khmer script)
• -ວ (Lao script)
• -വ (Malayalam script)
• -ᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘪 (Modi script)
• -ᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• -𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐰 (Newa script)
• -ଵ (Odia script)
• -ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆮 (Sharada script)
• -𑖪 (Siddham script)
• -ව (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚦 (Takri script)
• -வ (Tamil script)
• -ว (Thai script)
• -་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-wás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-wás, from Proto-Indo-European *-wós.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-व • (-vá)

1. creates adjectives from roots

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-वः (-váḥ)	-वौ (-váu) -वा¹ (-vā́¹)	-वाः (-vā́ḥ) -वासः॑¹ (-vā́saḥ¹)
accusative	-वम् (-vám)	-वौ (-váu) -वा¹ (-vā́¹)	-वान् (-vā́n)
instrumental	-वेन॑ (-véna)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वैः (-váiḥ) -वेभिः॑¹ (-vébhiḥ¹)
dative	-वाय॑ (-vā́ya)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वेभ्यः॑ (-vébhyaḥ)
ablative	-वात् (-vā́t)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वेभ्यः॑ (-vébhyaḥ)
genitive	-वस्य॑ (-vásya)	-वयोः॑ (-váyoḥ)	-वाना॑म् (-vā́nām)
locative	-वे (-vé)	-वयोः॑ (-váyoḥ)	-वेषु॑ (-véṣu)
vocative	-व (-va)	-वौ (-vau) -वा¹ (-vā¹)	-वाः (-vāḥ) -वासः¹ (-vāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of -वी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-वी (-vī́)	-व्यौ॑ (-vyàu) -वी¹ (-vī́¹)	-व्यः॑ (-vyàḥ) -वीः¹ (-vī́ḥ¹)
accusative	-वीम् (-vī́m)	-व्यौ॑ (-vyàu) -वी¹ (-vī́¹)	-वीः (-vī́ḥ)
instrumental	-व्या (-vyā́)	-वीभ्या॑म् (-vī́bhyām)	-वीभिः॑ (-vī́bhiḥ)
dative	-व्यै (-vyái)	-वीभ्या॑म् (-vī́bhyām)	-वीभ्यः॑ (-vī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	-व्याः (-vyā́ḥ) -व्यै² (-vyái²)	-वीभ्या॑म् (-vī́bhyām)	-वीभ्यः॑ (-vī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	-व्याः (-vyā́ḥ) -व्यै² (-vyái²)	-व्योः (-vyóḥ)	-वीना॑म् (-vī́nām) -वी॒नाम्³ (-vīnā́m³)
locative	-व्याम् (-vyā́m)	-व्योः (-vyóḥ)	-वीषु॑ (-vī́ṣu)
vocative	-वि (-vi)	-व्यौ (-vyau) -वी¹ (-vī¹)	-व्यः (-vyaḥ) -वीः¹ (-vīḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas
• ³Rigvedic

Neuter a-stem declension of -व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-वम् (-vám)	-वे (-vé)	-वानि॑ (-vā́ni) -वा¹ (-vā́¹)
accusative	-वम् (-vám)	-वे (-vé)	-वानि॑ (-vā́ni) -वा¹ (-vā́¹)
instrumental	-वेन॑ (-véna)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वैः (-váiḥ) -वेभिः॑¹ (-vébhiḥ¹)
dative	-वाय॑ (-vā́ya)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वेभ्यः॑ (-vébhyaḥ)
ablative	-वात् (-vā́t)	-वाभ्या॑म् (-vā́bhyām)	-वेभ्यः॑ (-vébhyaḥ)
genitive	-वस्य॑ (-vásya)	-वयोः॑ (-váyoḥ)	-वाना॑म् (-vā́nām)
locative	-वे (-vé)	-वयोः॑ (-váyoḥ)	-वेषु॑ (-véṣu)
vocative	-व (-va)	-वे (-ve)	-वानि (-vāni) -वा¹ (-vā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -व

अर्णव

केशव

पक्व

वास्तव

ह्रस्व

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar‎^[1], § 1190, page 451: “व va. Very few words of clear derivation are made with this suffix — too few to be worth classifying. They are of various meaning and accent, and generally show a weak root-form.”