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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑːt̪/, [ʋäːt̪]

Noun

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वात (vātm

  1. wind, air
  2. wind as a bodily humour
  3. rheumatism, gout

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Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

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वात (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

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Descendants

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  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

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Noun

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वात m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāta

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Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (wind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (wind). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian باد (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

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  • (Early Rigvedic): IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/

Noun

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वात (vā́ta) stemm [1]

  1. wind, air
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
      यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः।
      एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥
      yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ.
      evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ.
      Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
      So that the ten-month baby may be born.
  2. wind-god
  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
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Masculine a-stem declension of वात (vā́ta)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वातः
vā́taḥ
वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative वात
vā́ta
वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹
वाताः / वातासः¹
vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative वातम्
vā́tam
वातौ / वाता¹
vā́tau / vā́tā¹
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
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Etymology 2

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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

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वात (vā́ta) stem[2]

  1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt
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References

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