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)
- to say, speak, utter
- to proclaim, declare
- to recite
- to revile [+accusative]
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 912.