वत्सर

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (year), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, year).

Pronunciation

Noun

वत्सर (vatsara) stemm

  1. a year
  2. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years
  3. the Year personified

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वत्सर (vatsara)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वत्सरः
vatsaraḥ
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹
vatsarau / vatsarā¹
वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹
vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹
Vocative वत्सर
vatsara
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹
vatsarau / vatsarā¹
वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹
vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹
Accusative वत्सरम्
vatsaram
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹
vatsarau / vatsarā¹
वत्सरान्
vatsarān
Instrumental वत्सरेण
vatsareṇa
वत्सराभ्याम्
vatsarābhyām
वत्सरैः / वत्सरेभिः¹
vatsaraiḥ / vatsarebhiḥ¹
Dative वत्सराय
vatsarāya
वत्सराभ्याम्
vatsarābhyām
वत्सरेभ्यः
vatsarebhyaḥ
Ablative वत्सरात्
vatsarāt
वत्सराभ्याम्
vatsarābhyām
वत्सरेभ्यः
vatsarebhyaḥ
Genitive वत्सरस्य
vatsarasya
वत्सरयोः
vatsarayoḥ
वत्सराणाम्
vatsarāṇām
Locative वत्सरे
vatsare
वत्सरयोः
vatsarayoḥ
वत्सरेषु
vatsareṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: vacchara
  • Malayalam: വത്സരം (vatsaraṁ)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वत्सर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 495
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वत्सर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]