व्रत

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɾət̪/, [ʋɾɐt̪]

व्रत • (vrat) m

1. fast

   Synonym: उपवास (upvās)

   व्रत रखना ― vrat rakhnā ― to fast

2. vow

   व्रत लेना ― vrat lenā ― to take a vow

   व्रत करना ― vrat karnā ― to make a vow

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá)

• IPA^(key): [wrʌ.t̪ʌ], [bʌrt̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रत, or बर्त

व्रत • (wrat)

1. fast

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wratám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wratám, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak, say”), possibly also conflated with *welh₁- (“to choose, want, will”) (cf. वर (vará, “choice; chooser”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (urvāta), Old English word (whence English word).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɾɐ.t̪ɐ/

व्रत • (vratá) stem, n

1. will
2. command
3. law
4. ordinance
5. rule
6. obedience
7. service
8. dominion, realm
9. sphere of action, function, mode or manner of life
10. conduct
11. manner, usage, custom
12. a religious vow or practice
13. any pious observance
14. meritorious act of devotion or austerity
15. solemn vow
16. rule
17. holy practice

• → English: vrata (learned)
• → Hindi: व्रत (vrat)
• → Indonesian: brata
• → Nepali: व्रत (brata)
• → Tamil: விரதம் (viratam)
• → Tocharian B: wrat

• Monier Williams (1899) “व्रत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1042.