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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱদ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဒ် (Burmese script)
- વદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವದ್ (Kannada script)
- វទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວທ຺ (Lao script)
- വദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- வத்³ (Tamil script)
- వద్ (Telugu script)
- วทฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (“to utter, to call”). See वद॑ति (vádati) for more discussion.
Pronunciation
Root
वद् • (vad)
- to speak, tell
- Synonyms: वच् (vac), ब्रू (brū)
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- उदित (uditá, Past Participle)
- वदित (vadita, Past Participle)
- वदितुम् (vaditum, Infinitive)
- वदितोस् (váditos, Infinitive)
- उदित्वा (uditvā, Gerund)
- उद्य (udya, Gerund)
- उद्य (udya, Gerundive)
- वदितव्य (vaditavyà, Gerundive)
- वादित (vādita, Causative Past Participle)
- विवत्सु (vivatsu, Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152-153
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 133-134