वेष्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • विष्ट् (viṣṭ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ৱেষ্ট্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬯᬾᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • বেষ্ট্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဝေၑ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
  • વેષ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵੇਸ਼੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌵𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦮꦺꦰ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂫𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ವೇಷ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
  • វេឞ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ເວຩ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
  • വേഷ്ട് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠸᡝᢢᢞ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘪𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠧᢔᢌ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧊𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵେଷ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢾꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • වෙෂ‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩾𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚦𑚲𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
  • வேஷ்ட் (Tamil script)
  • వేష్ట్ (Telugu script)
  • เวษฺฏฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝེ་ཥྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨭𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to व्ये (vye, “to envelop”) via a phonetic extension of their shared root.

Pronunciation

Root

वेष्ट् • (veṣṭ)

  1. to wind or twist around
  2. to adhere or cling to
  3. (of a snake) to cast the skin
  4. to dress
  5. to wrap up, envelop, enclose, surround, cover, invest, beset
  6. to tie on, wrap around (a turban etc.)
  7. to cause to shrink up

Derived terms
  • अववेष्टत् (avaveṣṭat)
  • अविवेष्टत् (aviveṣṭat)
  • विवेष्टिषते (viveṣṭiṣate)
  • विवेष्टे (viveṣṭe)
  • वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
  • वेवेष्ट्यते (veveṣṭyate)
  • वेष्टते (veṣṭate)
  • वेष्टयति (veṣṭayati)
  • वेष्टिता (veṣṭitā)
  • वेष्ट्यते (veṣṭyate)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “वेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7
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