वात

वात

See also: वाति, वृत, and वृति

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात (vāta)

1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

• वत्त

Descendants

• Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

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Sanskrit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀‎ (vāta), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, Old English wind (whence English wind).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.t̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) m[1] (metrically váata)

1. wind or the wind-god
2. wind, air
3. wind emitted from the body
4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वात (vā́ta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वातः vā́taḥ	वातौ vā́tau	वाताः / वातासः¹ vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वात vā́ta	वातौ vā́tau	वाताः / वातासः¹ vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वातम् vā́tam	वातौ vā́tau	वातान् vā́tān
Instrumental	वातेन vā́tena	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातैः / वातेभिः¹ vā́taiḥ / vā́tebhiḥ¹
Dative	वाताय vā́tāya	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातेभ्यः vā́tebhyaḥ
Ablative	वातात् vā́tāt	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातेभ्यः vā́tebhyaḥ
Genitive	वातस्य vā́tasya	वातयोः vā́tayoḥ	वातानाम् vā́tānām
Locative	वाते vā́te	वातयोः vā́tayoḥ	वातेषु vā́teṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

• Telugu: వాతము (vātamu)

Descendants

• Assamese: বা (ba)

See also

• वायु (vāyú)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (“Odin”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (“mad, crazy”) (whence English wode).

Adjective

वात • (vā́ta)[2]

1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Derived terms

• निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)

References

1. Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0934.
2. Monier Williams (1899), “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0939.