वात

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See also: वाति, वृत, and वृति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑːt̪/,

Noun

वात • (vāt) m

  1. wind, air
  2. wind as a bodily humour
  3. rheumatism, gout

Declension

Declension of वात (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct वात
vāt 		वात
vāt
oblique वात
vāt 		वातों
vātõ
vocative वात
vāt 		वातो
vāto

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात • (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

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Descendants

  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

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Noun

वात m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension

Declension table of "वात" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)वातो (vāto)वाता (vātā)
Accusative (second)वातं (vātaṃ)वाते (vāte)
Instrumental (third)वातेन (vātena)वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Dative (fourth)वातस्स (vātassa) or वाताय (vātāya) or वातत्थं (vātatthaṃ)वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)वातस्मा (vātasmā) or वातम्हा (vātamhā) or वाता (vātā)वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Genitive (sixth)वातस्स (vātassa)वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)वातस्मिं (vātasmiṃ) or वातम्हि (vātamhi) or वाते (vāte)वातेसु (vātesu)
Vocative (calling)वात (vāta)वाता (vātā)

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian باد (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

  • (Early Rigvedic): IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) stem, m [1]

  1. wind, air
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
      यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः।
      एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥
      yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ.
      evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ.
      Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
      So that the ten-month baby may be born.
  2. wind-god
  3. wind emitted from the body
  4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
  5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of वात (vā́ta)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वातः
vā́taḥ 		वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹ 		वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative वात
vā́ta 		वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹ 		वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative वातम्
vā́tam 		वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹ 		वातान्
vā́tān
Instrumental वातेन
vā́tena 		वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām 		वातैः / वातेभिः¹
vā́taiḥ / vā́tebhiḥ¹
Dative वाताय
vā́tāya 		वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām 		वातेभ्यः
vā́tebhyaḥ
Ablative वातात्
vā́tāt 		वाताभ्याम्
vā́tābhyām 		वातेभ्यः
vā́tebhyaḥ
Genitive वातस्य
vā́tasya 		वातयोः
vā́tayoḥ 		वातानाम्
vā́tānām
Locative वाते
vā́te 		वातयोः
vā́tayoḥ 		वातेषु
vā́teṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
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Descendants

Borrowed terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (“Odin”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (“mad, crazy”) (whence English wode).

Adjective

वात • (vā́ta) stem[2]

  1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0934.
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0939.
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