वत्सर

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wet-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *wétos
    Proto-Indo-European *-ós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás
    Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa)
    Sanskrit वत्सर (vatsara)

    From वत्स (vatsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos + *-ós. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    वत्सर • (vatsara) stem, m

    1. a year
    2. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years
    3. the Year personified

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of वत्सर
    singular dual plural
    nominative वत्सरः (vatsaraḥ) वत्सरौ (vatsarau)
    वत्सरा¹ (vatsarā¹)     		वत्सराः (vatsarāḥ)
    वत्सरासः¹ (vatsarāsaḥ¹)
    accusative वत्सरम् (vatsaram) वत्सरौ (vatsarau)
    वत्सरा¹ (vatsarā¹)     		वत्सरान् (vatsarān)
    instrumental वत्सरेण (vatsareṇa) वत्सराभ्याम् (vatsarābhyām) वत्सरैः (vatsaraiḥ)
    वत्सरेभिः¹ (vatsarebhiḥ¹)
    dative वत्सराय (vatsarāya) वत्सराभ्याम् (vatsarābhyām) वत्सरेभ्यः (vatsarebhyaḥ)
    ablative वत्सरात् (vatsarāt) वत्सराभ्याम् (vatsarābhyām) वत्सरेभ्यः (vatsarebhyaḥ)
    genitive वत्सरस्य (vatsarasya) वत्सरयोः (vatsarayoḥ) वत्सराणाम् (vatsarāṇām)
    locative वत्सरे (vatsare) वत्सरयोः (vatsarayoḥ) वत्सरेषु (vatsareṣu)
    vocative वत्सर (vatsara) वत्सरौ (vatsarau)
    वत्सरा¹ (vatsarā¹)     		वत्सराः (vatsarāḥ)
    वत्सरासः¹ (vatsarāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Pali: vacchara
    • → Malayalam: വത്സരം (vatsaraṁ)

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “वत्सर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916/1.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 495
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