वत्सर

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wet-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *wétos
    Proto-Indo-European *-ós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás
    Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa)
    Sanskrit वत्सर (vatsara)

    From वत्स (vatsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos + *-ós. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    वत्सर • (vatsara) stem, m

    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]
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