वन्धुर

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Armenian վանդակ (vandak), English wander.

Pronunciation

Noun

वन्धुर • (vandhúra) stem, n

  1. the seat of a charioteer, the fore part of a chariot or place at the end of the shafts, a carriage-seat or driver's box
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.119.5:
      अ॒हं तष्टे॑व व॒न्धुरं॒ पर्य॑चामि हृ॒दा म॒तिम् ।
      कु॒वित्सोम॒स्यापा॒मिति॑ ॥
      aháṃ táṣṭeva vandhúraṃ páryacāmi hṛdā́ matím.
      kuvítsómasyā́pāmíti.
      I revolve the song of praise in my heart as a carpenter (making) a charioteer's seat, for I have indeed drunk the Soma.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वन्धुर (vandhúra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वन्धुरम्
vandhúram 		वन्धुरे
vandhúre 		वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹
vandhúrāṇi / vandhúrā¹
Vocative वन्धुर
vándhura 		वन्धुरे
vándhure 		वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹
vándhurāṇi / vándhurā¹
Accusative वन्धुरम्
vandhúram 		वन्धुरे
vandhúre 		वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹
vandhúrāṇi / vandhúrā¹
Instrumental वन्धुरेण
vandhúreṇa 		वन्धुराभ्याम्
vandhúrābhyām 		वन्धुरैः / वन्धुरेभिः¹
vandhúraiḥ / vandhúrebhiḥ¹
Dative वन्धुराय
vandhúrāya 		वन्धुराभ्याम्
vandhúrābhyām 		वन्धुरेभ्यः
vandhúrebhyaḥ
Ablative वन्धुरात्
vandhúrāt 		वन्धुराभ्याम्
vandhúrābhyām 		वन्धुरेभ्यः
vandhúrebhyaḥ
Genitive वन्धुरस्य
vandhúrasya 		वन्धुरयोः
vandhúrayoḥ 		वन्धुराणाम्
vandhúrāṇām
Locative वन्धुरे
vandhúre 		वन्धुरयोः
vandhúrayoḥ 		वन्धुरेषु
vandhúreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वन्धुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503
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