वक्ति

वक्ति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wákti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wákti, from Proto-Indo-European *wékʷ-ti, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Russian вякать (vjakatʹ), Latin vōx, Old Irish focul.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́k.ti/, [ʋɐ́k̚.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐk.t̪i/, [ˈʋɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

वक्ति • (vákti) (root वच्, class 2, type P)

1. to say, speak, utter
2. to proclaim, declare
3. to recite
4. to revile [+accusative]

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 912.