वञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (to be bent or bowed). Compare Old English wōh (crooked; mistake),[1] as well as Proto-Germanic *wangaz (field, meadow);[2] see the latter for more potential cognates.

Pronunciation

Root

वञ्च् • (vañc)

  1. to move crookedly

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वञ्च् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वञ्च् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • वञ्चति (váñcati) (Present)
  • वञ्चिष्यति (vañciṣyáti) (Future)
  • वञ्चिता (vañcitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अवञ्चीत् (ávañcīt) (Aorist)
  • वच्यात् (vacyā́t) (Benedictive)
  • ववञ्च (vaváñca) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • वच्यते (vacyáte) (Passive)
  • वञ्चयति (vañcáyati) (Causative)
  • अववञ्चत् (ávavañcat) (Causative)
  • विवञ्चिषति (vivañciṣati) (Desiderative)
  • वनीवच्यते (vanīvacyate) (Intensive)
  • वनीवञ्चीति (vanīvañcīti) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • वञ्चित (vañcitá) (Past Participle)
  • वञ्चितुम् (vañcitum) (Infinitive)
  • वञ्चित्वा (vañcitvā́) (Gerund)
  • वचित्वा (vacitvā́) (Gerund)
  • वक्त्वा (vaktvā́) (Gerund)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • वञ्चक (vañcaka)
  • वञ्चन (vañcana)
  • वञ्चनीय (vañcanīya)
  • वङ्कु (vaṅku)
  • वङ्कृ (vaṅkṛ)
  • वक्र (vakra)
  • वक्व (vakva)
  • वक्वन् (vakvan)
  • वञ्चयितृ (vañcayitṛ)
  • वञ्चयितव्य (vañcayitavya)
  • वङ्क्य (vaṅkya)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वञ्च् (1 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAÑC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 492-3
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wange”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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