वक्ति
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৱক্তি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- বক্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝက္တိ (Burmese script)
- વક્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- វក្តិ (Khmer script)
- ວກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
- വക്തി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵକ୍ତି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වක්ති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- வக்தி (Tamil script)
- వక్తి (Telugu script)
- วกฺติ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Post-Vedic verb, possibly a backformation from forms like future वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Russian вякать (vjakatʹ), Latin vōx, Old Irish focul.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́k.ti/, [ʋɐ́k̚.ti]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐk.t̪i/, [ʋɐk̚.t̪i]
Verb
वक्ति • (vákti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root वच्)
Conjugation
Occurs in only a limited number of forms:
- Present indicative active 3s: वक्ति (vákti)
- Present indicative active 2s: वक्षि (vákṣi)
- Present indicative active 1s: वच्मि (vácmi)
- Imperative active 3s: वक्तु (váktu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 912, column 1.