वर्ती

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the root वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”), with a semantic development from "turned" > "twisted (material)" > "wick (made from twisted fibres)"; compare Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla, “fuse, wick”) from ف ت ل (f-t-l) for a similar derivation.

Pronunciation

Noun

वर्ती • (vartī) stem, f

  1. anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound
  2. any cosmetic prepared from various substances (used as a remedy in the form of a paste or pill)
  3. ointment, unguent, collyrium
  4. a suppository
  5. the wick of a lamp
  6. a magical wick
  7. a limp
  8. the projecting threads or unwoven ends of woven cloth, a kind of fringe
  9. a projecting rim or protuberance round a vessel
  10. a swelling or polypus in the throat
  11. a swelling or protuberance formed by internal rupture
  12. a surgical instrument, bougie
  13. a streak, line

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वर्ती (vartī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वर्ती
vartī 		वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹
vartyau / vartī¹ 		वर्त्यः / वर्तीः¹
vartyaḥ / vartīḥ¹
Vocative वर्ति
varti 		वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹
vartyau / vartī¹ 		वर्त्यः / वर्तीः¹
vartyaḥ / vartīḥ¹
Accusative वर्तीम्
vartīm 		वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹
vartyau / vartī¹ 		वर्तीः
vartīḥ
Instrumental वर्त्या
vartyā 		वर्तीभ्याम्
vartībhyām 		वर्तीभिः
vartībhiḥ
Dative वर्त्यै
vartyai 		वर्तीभ्याम्
vartībhyām 		वर्तीभ्यः
vartībhyaḥ
Ablative वर्त्याः / वर्त्यै²
vartyāḥ / vartyai² 		वर्तीभ्याम्
vartībhyām 		वर्तीभ्यः
vartībhyaḥ
Genitive वर्त्याः / वर्त्यै²
vartyāḥ / vartyai² 		वर्त्योः
vartyoḥ 		वर्तीनाम्
vartīnām
Locative वर्त्याम्
vartyām 		वर्त्योः
vartyoḥ 		वर्तीषु
vartīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वर्ती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 925/2-3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 519
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