व्रत
See also: वीरता, वार्ता, and वारित
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɾət̪/
Noun
व्रत • (vrat) m
- fast
- व्रत रखना ― vrat rakhnā ― to fast
- vow
- व्रत लेना ― vrat lenā ― to take a vow
- व्रत करना ― vrat karnā ― to make a vow
Declension
Declension of व्रत (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | व्रत vrat | व्रत vrat |
| oblique | व्रत vrat | व्रतों vratõ |
| vocative | व्रत vrat | व्रतो vrato |
Nepali
Etymology
Burrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [brʌ<त>] invalid IPA characters (<त>), [bʌrt̪ʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: [[ब्र<त>]], or बर्त
Noun
व्रत • (vrat)
- fast
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wratám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wratám, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak, say”), possibly also conflated with *welh₁- (“to choose, want, will”) (cf. वर (vará, “choice; chooser”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (urvāta), Old English word (whence English word).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɾɐ.tɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋɾɐ.t̪ɐ/
Noun
व्रत • (vratá) n
- will
- command
- law
- ordinance
- rule
- obedience
- service
- dominion, realm
- sphere of action, function, mode or manner of life
- conduct
- manner, usage, custom
- a religious vow or practice
- any pious observance
- meritorious act of devotion or austerity
- solemn vow
- rule
- holy practice
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of व्रत (vratá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | व्रतम् vratám | व्रते vraté | व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹ |
| Vocative | व्रत vráta | व्रते vráte | व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vrátāni / vrátā¹ |
| Accusative | व्रतम् vratám | व्रते vraté | व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹ |
| Instrumental | व्रतेन vraténa | व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām | व्रतैः / व्रतेभिः¹ vrataíḥ / vratébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | व्रताय vratā́ya | व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām | व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | व्रतात् vratā́t | व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām | व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | व्रतस्य vratásya | व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ | व्रतानाम् vratā́nām |
| Locative | व्रते vraté | व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ | व्रतेषु vratéṣu |
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Descendants
- → Hindi: व्रत (vrat)
- → Indonesian: brata
- → Nepali: व्रत (brata)
- → Tocharian B: wrat
- → English: vrata (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “व्रत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1042.