वहति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬯᬳᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ৱহতি (Assamese script)
বহতি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰮𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌵𑌹𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
વહતિ (Gujarati script)
ਵਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦮꦲꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
វហតិ (Khmer script)
ವಹತಿ (Kannada script)
ວຫຕິ (Lao script)
വഹതി (Malayalam script)
𑘪𑘮𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᠾᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᠸᠠᡥᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
ဝဟတိ (Burmese script)
𑧊𑧎𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐴𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵହତି (Oriya script)
ꢮꢲꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆲𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖮𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
වහති (Sinhalese script)
వహతి (Telugu script)
วหติ (Thai script)
ཝ་ཧ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒯𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with Latin vehō, Old English wegan (whence English weigh).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɦɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.ɦɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वहति • (váhati) (root वह्, class 1, type P)

to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 9.41.28:
  तेन कूलापहारेण मैत्रावरुणिर् औह्यत ।
  उह्यमानश् च तुष्टाव तदा राजन् सरस्वतीम्
  tena kūlāpahāreṇa maitrāvaruṇir auhyata .
  uhyamānaś ca tuṣṭāva tadā rājan sarasvatīm
  Maitrāvaruṇi was carried off along with the submerged bank,
  And as he was being carried, O king, he praised the river Sarasvatī.
to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of Agni)
to bear along (water, said of rivers)
to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)
to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow
to cause, effect
to offer (a sacrifice)
to spread, diffuse (scent)
to shed (tears)
to carry away, carry off, rob
to lead home, take to wife, marry
to bear or carry on or with
to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess
to wear (clothes)
(with शिरस् (śiras)) to bear one's head (उच्चैश्तराम् (uccaiś-tarām, “high”))
(with वसुंधराम् (vasuṃdharām) or क्ष्मामण्डालम् (kṣmā-maṇḍālam)) to support i.e. rule the earth
(with गर्भम् (garbham)) to be with child
to bear, suffer, endure
to forbear, forgive, pardon
to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, 'the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance')
to experience, feel
to exhibit, show, betray
to pay (a fine)
to pass, spend (time)
(intransitive) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim
to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse)
to blow (as wind)
to pass away, elapse
to be drawn or borne by (+ instrumental) or along or off
(causative) to cause to bear or carry or convey or draw, drive (a chariot), guide or ride (a horse), propel (a boat), go or travel by any vehicle
(causative) to cause to guide
(causative) to cause any one (+ accusative) to carry anything (+accusative) on (+locative)
(causative) to cause to take in marriage
(causative) to cause to be conveyed by (+instrumental)
(causative) to traverse (a road)
(causative) to accomplish (a journey)
(causative) to employ, keep going or in work
(causative) to give, administer
(causative) to take in, deceive
(intensive) to carry hither and thither
to bear (a burden)

Conjugation

Present: वहति (vahati), वहते (vahate), उह्यते (uhyate)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	वहति vahati	वहतः vahataḥ	वहन्ति vahanti	वहते vahate	वहेते vahete	वहन्ते vahante	उह्यते uhyate	उह्येते uhyete	उह्यन्ते uhyante
Second	वहसि vahasi	वहथः vahathaḥ	वहथ vahatha	वहसे vahase	वहेथे vahethe	वहध्वे vahadhve	उह्यसे uhyase	उह्येथे uhyethe	उह्यध्वे uhyadhve
First	वहामि vahāmi	वहावः vahāvaḥ	वहामः vahāmaḥ	वहे vahe	वहावहे vahāvahe	वहामहे vahāmahe	उह्ये uhye	उह्यावहे uhyāvahe	उह्यामहे uhyāmahe
Imperative Mood
Third	वहतु vahatu	वहताम् vahatām	वहन्तु vahantu	वहताम् vahatām	वहेताम् vahetām	वहन्ताम् vahantām	उह्यताम् uhyatām	उह्येताम् uhyetām	उह्यन्ताम् uhyantām
Second	वह vaha	वहतम् vahatam	वहत vahata	वहस्व vahasva	वहेथाम् vahethām	वहध्वम् vahadhvam	उह्यस्व uhyasva	उह्येथाम् uhyethām	उह्यध्वम् uhyadhvam
First	वहानि vahāni	वहाव vahāva	वहाम vahāma	वहै vahai	वहावहै vahāvahai	वहामहै vahāmahai	उह्यै uhyai	उह्यावहै uhyāvahai	उह्यामहै uhyāmahai
Optative Mood
Third	वहेत् vahet	वहेताम् vahetām	वहेयुः vaheyuḥ	वहेत vaheta	वहेयाताम् vaheyātām	वहेरन् vaheran	उह्येत uhyeta	उह्येयाताम् uhyeyātām	उह्येरन् uhyeran
Second	वहेः vaheḥ	वहेतम् vahetam	वहेत vaheta	वहेथाः vahethāḥ	वहेयाथाम् vaheyāthām	वहेध्वम् vahedhvam	उह्येथाः uhyethāḥ	उह्येयाथाम् uhyeyāthām	उह्येध्वम् uhyedhvam
First	वहेयम् vaheyam	वहेव vaheva	वहेमः vahemaḥ	वहेय vaheya	वहेवहि vahevahi	वहेमहि vahemahi	उह्येय uhyeya	उह्येवहि uhyevahi	उह्येमहि uhyemahi
Participles
	वहत् vahat	or	वहन्त् vahant	वहमान vahamāna			उह्यमान uhyamāna

Imperfect: अवहत् (avahat), अवहत (avahata), औह्यत (auhyata)
Voice	Active			Middle			Passive
Number	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative Mood
Third	अवहत् avahat	अवहताम् avahatām	अवहन् avahan	अवहत avahata	अवहेताम् avahetām	अवहन्त avahanta	औह्यत auhyata	औह्येताम् auhyetām	औह्यन्त auhyanta
Second	अवहः avahaḥ	अवहतम् avahatam	अवहत avahata	अवहथाः avahathāḥ	अवहेथाम् avahethām	अवहध्वम् avahadhvam	औह्यथाः auhyathāḥ	औह्येथाम् auhyethām	औह्यध्वम् auhyadhvam
First	अवहम् avaham	अवहाव avahāva	अवहाम avahāma	अवहे avahe	अवहावहि avahāvahi	अवहामहि avahāmahi	औह्ये auhye	औह्यावहि auhyāvahi	औह्यामहि auhyāmahi

Future conjugation of वहति (vahati)
		Number			Number			Number
		Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Future tense
Voice		Active Voice			Middle Voice			Passive Voice
Person	3^rd person	वहिष्यति vahiṣyati	वहिष्यतः vahiṣyataḥ	वहिष्यन्ति vahiṣyanti	वहिष्यते vahiṣyate	वहिष्येते vahiṣyete	वहिष्यन्ते vahiṣyante
	2^nd person	वहिष्यसि vahiṣyasi	वहिष्यथः vahiṣyathaḥ	वहिष्यथ vahiṣyatha	वहिष्यसे vahiṣyase	वहिष्येथे vahiṣyethe	वहिष्यध्वे vahiṣyadhve
	1^st person	वहिष्यामि vahiṣyāmi	वहिष्यावः vahiṣyāvaḥ	वहिष्यामः vahiṣyāmaḥ	वहिष्ये vahiṣye	वहिष्यावहे vahiṣyāvahe	वहिष्यामहे vahiṣyāmahe
Periphrastic future tense
Voice		Active Voice			Middle Voice			Passive Voice
Person	3^rd person	वहिता vahitā	वहितारौ vahitārau	वहितारः vahitāraḥ
	2^nd person	वहितासि vahitāsi	वहितास्थः vahitāsthaḥ	वहितास्थ vahitāstha
	1^st person	वहितास्मि vahitāsmi	वहितास्वः vahitāsvaḥ	वहितास्मः vahitāsmaḥ

Future conjugation of वहति (vahati)
		Number			Number			Number
		Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Future tense
Voice		Active Voice			Middle Voice			Passive Voice
Person	3^rd person	वक्ष्यति vakṣyati	वक्ष्यतः vakṣyataḥ	वक्ष्यन्ति vakṣyanti	वक्ष्यते vakṣyate	वक्ष्येते vakṣyete	वक्ष्यन्ते vakṣyante
	2^nd person	वक्ष्यसि vakṣyasi	वक्ष्यथः vakṣyathaḥ	वक्ष्यथ vakṣyatha	वक्ष्यसे vakṣyase	वक्ष्येथे vakṣyethe	वक्ष्यध्वे vakṣyadhve
	1^st person	वक्ष्यामि vakṣyāmi	वक्ष्यावः vakṣyāvaḥ	वक्ष्यामः vakṣyāmaḥ	वक्ष्ये vakṣye	वक्ष्यावहे vakṣyāvahe	वक्ष्यामहे vakṣyāmahe
Periphrastic future tense
Voice		Active Voice			Middle Voice			Passive Voice
Person	3^rd person	वोढा voḍhā	वोढारौ voḍhārau	वोढारः voḍhāraḥ
	2^nd person	वोढासि voḍhāsi	वोढास्थः voḍhāsthaḥ	वोढास्थ voḍhāstha
	1^st person	वोढास्मि voḍhāsmi	वोढास्वः voḍhāsvaḥ	वोढास्मः voḍhāsmaḥ

Derived terms

प्रवहति (pravahati)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
- Bengali: বহা (bôha)
  - Bengali: বওয়া (bôoẇa)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀇 (vahaï)
Pali: vahati
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀤𑀺 (vahadi)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: बहना (bahnā)
  - Urdu: بہنا‎ (bahnā)

References

Monier Monier-Williams (accessed 2008-02-09), “Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎