वद्

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See also: वेद, वेदि, वादा, वेदी, विद्, वाद, and -वादी

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-?
    Sanskrit वद् (vad)

    Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (“to utter, to call”). See वद॑ति (vádati) for more discussion.

    Pronunciation

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    वद् • (vad)

    1. to speak, tell
      Synonyms: वच् (vac), ब्रू (brū)

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    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वद् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वद् (7 c, 0 e)
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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916, column 1.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152-153
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 133-134
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