वात

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

  • वत्त

Descendants

  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (wind). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, Old English wind (whence English wind).

Pronunciation

Noun

वात (vā́ta) m[1] (metrically váata)

  1. wind or the wind-god
  2. wind, air
  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
vā́tau
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative वात
vā́ta
वातौ
vā́tau
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative वातम्
vā́tam
वातौ
vā́tau
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

Borrowed terms

Descendants

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)[2]

  1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Derived terms

  • निवात (nivātá, unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure)

References

  1. Monier Williams (1899), वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0934.
  2. Monier Williams (1899), वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0939.
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