वत्सर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱত্সৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬢ᭄ᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
- বত্সর (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဝတ္သရ (Burmese script)
- વત્સર (Gujarati script)
- ਵਤ੍ਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦠ꧀ꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ವತ್ಸರ (Kannada script)
- វត្សរ (Khmer script)
- ວຕ຺ສຣ (Lao script)
- വത്സര (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢐᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଵତ୍ସର (Odia script)
- ꢮꢡ꣄ꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
- වත්සර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
- வத்ஸர (Tamil script)
- వత్సర (Telugu script)
- วตฺสร (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཏྶ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”).
Noun
वत्सर • (vatsara) stem, m
- a year
- the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years
- the Year personified
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वत्सर (vatsara) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वत्सरः vatsaraḥ |
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹ |
वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹ vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वत्सर vatsara |
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹ |
वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹ vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वत्सरम् vatsaram |
वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹ |
वत्सरान् vatsarān |
| Instrumental | वत्सरेण vatsareṇa |
वत्सराभ्याम् vatsarābhyām |
वत्सरैः / वत्सरेभिः¹ vatsaraiḥ / 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 |
| Notes |
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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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 495
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वत्सर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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