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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱচস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬘᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বচস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰓𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀘𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝစသ် (Burmese script)
- વચસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਚਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌚𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦕꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂒𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಚಸ್ (Kannada script)
- វចស៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຈສ຺ (Lao script)
- വചസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢜᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘓𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢋᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦳𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐔𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଚସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢗꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆖𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖓𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වචස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩡𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚏𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- வசஸ் (Tamil script)
- వచస్ (Telugu script)
- วจสฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཙ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒔𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨣𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáčas (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *wékʷos. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬵 (vacah), Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “speech”).
Pronunciation
Noun
वचस् • (vácas) stem, n
- word, speech
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.108.8:
- एह ग॑म॒न्नृष॑यः॒ सोम॑शिता अ॒यास्यो॒ अङ्गि॑रसो॒ नव॑ग्वाः
त ए॒तमू॒र्वं वि भ॑जन्त॒ गोना॒मथै॒तद्वचः॑ प॒णयो॒ वम॒न्नित्- éhá gamannṛ́ṣayaḥ sómaśitā ayā́syo áṅgiraso návagvāḥ
ta etámūrváṃ ví bhajanta gónāmáthaitádvácaḥ paṇáyo vámannít - Ṛsis will come inspirited with Soma, Angirases unwearied, and Navagvas.
This stall of cattle will they part among them: then will the Paṇis wish these words unspoken.
- voice
Declension