वृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to cover”), and related to Latin operiō (“to cover, shut”), Lithuanian suvérti (“to shut”).

Older theories derived the root from Proto-Indo-Aryan *war-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, envelop”), and connected the root to Scottish Gaelic fearann (“estate, land”), Avestan 𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (uardnā, “cover, envelope”). Other theories connected the root to Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, coil”). These two Indo-European roots may have semantically influenced and merged with the Sanskrit (though Mayrhofer and Rix seem to reconstruct the *welH- as *wel- instead).

Alternative forms

• वर् (var)

Root

वृ • (vṛ)

1. to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct
2. to close (a door)
3. to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain

Derived terms

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1007/1-2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 162

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Latin volo (“to wish, want”), English will.

Alternative forms

• वर् (var)

Root

वृ • (vṛ)

1. to choose, select
2. to ask a person for or on behalf of
3. to solicit anything from
4. to like, love well

Derived terms

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 163