वाक्य
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).
Pronunciation
Noun
वाक्य • (vākya) m (Urdu spelling واکیہ)
- sentence
- Synonym: जुमला (jumlā)
- इस वाक्य को सही करो। ― is vākya ko sahī karo. ― Correct this sentence.
- मैं यह वाक्यों को नहीं पढ़ सकता हूँ।
- ma͠i yah vākyõ ko nahī̃ paṛh saktā hū̃.
- I cannot read these sentences.
- (linguistics) clause (वाक्यखंड (vākyakhaṇḍ))
Declension
Declension of वाक्य (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
- वाक्यविज्ञान (vākyavijñān)
- वाक्यरचना (vākyaracnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाक्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).
Noun
वाक्य • (vākya) n
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाक्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाक्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “वाक्य”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
वाक्य • (wākya)
- sentence
- यो शब्दलाई वाक्यमा प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- yo śabdalāī wākyamā prayog garnuhos.
- Use this word to make a sentence.
- यो शब्दलाई वाक्यमा प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
वाक्य n
- Devanagari script form of vākya
Declension
Declension table of "वाक्य" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) | वाक्यानि (vākyāni) |
| Accusative (second) | वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) | वाक्यानि (vākyāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | वाक्येन (vākyena) | वाक्येहि (vākyehi) or वाक्येभि (vākyebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वाक्यस्स (vākyassa) or वाक्याय (vākyāya) or वाक्यत्थं (vākyatthaṃ) | वाक्यानं (vākyānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वाक्यस्मा (vākyasmā) or वाक्यम्हा (vākyamhā) or वाक्या (vākyā) | वाक्येहि (vākyehi) or वाक्येभि (vākyebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वाक्यस्स (vākyassa) | वाक्यानं (vākyānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वाक्यस्मिं (vākyasmiṃ) or वाक्यम्हि (vākyamhi) or वाक्ये (vākye) | वाक्येसु (vākyesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वाक्य (vākya) | वाक्यानि (vākyāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাক্য (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- বাক্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါကျ (Burmese script)
- વાક્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- វាក្យ (Khmer script)
- ວາກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- വാക്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢉᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଵାକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- වාක්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- வாக்ய (Tamil script)
- వాక్య (Telugu script)
- วากฺย (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vrddhi derivative of वच् (vac) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation
Noun
वाक्य • (vākya) stem, n
- speech, saying, assertion, statement, command, words
- (law) a declaration, legal evidence
- an express declaration or statement
- betrothment
- (grammar) a sentence, period
- a mode of expression
- a periphrastic mode of expression
- a rule, precept, aphorism
- a disputation
- (logic) an argument, syllogism or member of a syllogism
- the singing of birds
- (astronomy) the solar process in computations
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of वाक्य (vākya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाक्यम् vākyam |
वाक्ये vākye |
वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹ |
| Vocative | वाक्य vākya |
वाक्ये vākye |
वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹ |
| Accusative | वाक्यम् vākyam |
वाक्ये vākye |
वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹ |
| Instrumental | वाक्येन vākyena |
वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām |
वाक्यैः / वाक्येभिः¹ vākyaiḥ / vākyebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाक्याय vākyāya |
वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām |
वाक्येभ्यः vākyebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाक्यात् vākyāt |
वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām |
वाक्येभ्यः vākyebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाक्यस्य vākyasya |
वाक्ययोः vākyayoḥ |
वाक्यानाम् vākyānām |
| Locative | वाक्ये vākye |
वाक्ययोः vākyayoḥ |
वाक्येषु vākyeṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- पर्युषितवाक्य (paryuṣitavākya)
- महावाक्य (mahāvākya)
Descendants
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 936, column 2.