वाति
See also: वात, वृत, and वृति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- ৱাতি (Assamese script)
- বাতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- વાતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- វាតិ (Khmer script)
- ವಾತಿ (Kannada script)
- ວາຕິ (Lao script)
- വാതി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- ဝါတိ (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵାତି (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වාති (Sinhalese script)
- వాతి (Telugu script)
- วาติ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwā́ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti. Cognate with Latin ventus (“wind”), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi, “I blow”), Old Church Slavonic вѣтръ (větrŭ, “wind”), Latvian vētra (“storm”), Old English wind.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑ́ː.ti/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑː.t̪i/
Verb
वाति • (vā́ti) (root वा, class 2, type P)
- to blow (as the wind)
- to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing
- (transitive) to blow towards or upon
- to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume)
- (transitive) to smell
- to hurt, injure
References
Monier Monier-Williams (accessed 2008-02-10), “Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)