वात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

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

Noun

वात • (vāt) m

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

Declension
Declension of वात (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct वात
vāt		 वात
vāt
oblique वात
vāt		 वातों
vātõ
vocative वात
vāt		 वातो
vāto

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात • (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms
  • वत्त (vatta)

Descendants
  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • vāta (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • ৰাত (Bengali script)
  • වාත (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝါတ or ဝႃတ (Burmese script)
  • วาต or วาตะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາຕ or ວາຕະ (Lao script)
  • វាត (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वात m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension
Declension table of "वात" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)वातो (vāto)वाता (vātā)
Accusative (second)वातं (vātaṃ)वाते (vāte)
Instrumental (third)वातेन (vātena)वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Dative (fourth)वातस्स (vātassa) or वाताय (vātāya) or वातत्थं (vātatthaṃ)वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)वातस्मा (vātasmā) or वातम्हा (vātamhā) or वाता (vātā)वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Genitive (sixth)वातस्स (vātassa)वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)वातस्मिं (vātasmiṃ) or वातम्हि (vātamhi) or वाते (vāte)वातेसु (vātesu)
Vocative (calling)वात (vāta)वाता (vātā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ৱাত (Assamese script)
  • ᬯᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
  • বাত (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • ဝါတ (Burmese script)
  • વાત (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌵𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
  • ꦮꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂫𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
  • ವಾತ (Kannada script)
  • វាត (Khmer script)
  • ວາຕ (Lao script)
  • വാത (Malayalam script)
  • ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘪𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧊𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
  • ଵାତ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
  • වාත (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩾𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚦𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
  • வாத (Tamil script)
  • వాత (Telugu script)
  • วาต (Thai script)
  • ཝཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨭𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

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
  • (Early Rigvedic): IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑ́ː.tɐ/
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) stem, m [1]

  1. wind, air
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
      यथा॒ वात॑: पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वत॑:।
      ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः॥
      yáthā vā́ta: puṣkaríṇīṃ samiṅgáyati sarváta:.
      evā́ te gárbha ejatu niraítu dáśamāsyaḥ.
      As the wind ruffles the lake on every side, so may your womb be stimulated, and the conception of the months come forth.
  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
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
Derived terms
  • वातापि (vātāpi)
    • Old Kannada: ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi)
      • Kannada: ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi)
        • English: Badami (“a city in Karnataka”)
  • वातर (vātara)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Sindhi: varāiṇu
        Devanagari script: वराइणु
        Arabic script: وَرَائِڻُ
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
  • वातुल (vātula)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
    • → Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
    • → Old Marathi:
      Devanagari script: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)
      Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)
  • [Term?]
Descendants
  • Helu Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Pali: vāta

Borrowed terms

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