वह्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- उह् (uh) — samprasāraṇa form
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဟ် (Burmese script)
- વહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಹ್ (Kannada script)
- វហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຫ຺ (Lao script)
- വഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- வஹ் (Tamil script)
- వహ్ (Telugu script)
- วหฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐɦ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐɦ/
Root
वह् • (vah)
- to carry
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वह् (0 c, 14 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वह् (8 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- उह्यते (uhyáte) (Passive)
- अवाहि (ávāhi) (Passive Aorist)
- वाहयति (vāháyati) (Causative)
- अवीवहत् (ávīvahat) (Causative Aorist)
- वाह्यते (vāhyate) (Passive of Causative)
- विवक्षति (vivakṣati) (Desiderative)
- वावहीति (vāvahīti) (Intensive)
- वनीवाह्यते (vanīvāhyáte) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- ऊढ (ūḍhá) (Past Participle)
- वोढुम् (vóḍhum) (Infinitive)
- वोढवे (vóḍhave) (Infinitive)
- वोढवै (vóḍhavái) (Infinitive)
- वहध्यै (váhadhyai) (Infinitive)
- ऊढ्वा (ūḍhvā́) (Gerund)
- उह्य (úhya) (Gerund)
- वाह्य (vāhya) (Gerundive)
- वोढव्य (voḍhavya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- वाह् (vāh)
- वह (váha)
- वहिन् (vahín)
- वह्य (vahya)
- ओघ (ogha)
- औघ (aughá)
- वाह (vāha)
- वाहक (vāhaka)
- वाहिन् (vāhin)
- वहन (vahana)
- वाहन (vāhana)
- वाहनीय (vāhanīya)
- वहत् (vahat)
- वाहस् (vāhas)
- ऊढि (ūḍhi)
- वहतु (vahatu)
- वाहितव्य (vāhitavya)
- वोढृ (voḍhṛ)
- वाहितृ (vāhitṛ)
- वहितृ (vahitṛ)
- वहित्र (vahitra)
- वहिष्ठ (vahiṣṭha)
- वाहिष्ठ (vāhiṣṭha)
- वहीयस् (vahīyas)
- वह्नि (vahni)
- वह्मन् (vahman)
- वक्षस् (vakṣas)
- वक्षी (vakṣī)
- वावहि (vāvahi)
- वीवध (vīvadha)
- वाहयितृ (vāhayitṛ)
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अतिवह् (ativah)
- अनुवह् (anuvah)
- अपवह् (apavah)
- अभिवह् (abhivah)
- आवह् (āvah)
- उद्वह् (udvah)
- उपवह् (upavah)
- निर्वह् (nirvah)
- निवह् (nivah)
- परावह् (parāvah)
- परिवह् (parivah)
- प्रतिवह् (prativah)
- प्रवह् (pravah)
- विवह् (vivah)
- संवह् (saṃvah)
Related terms
- ऊह् (ūh, “to push, remove”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, columns 2-3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vah”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 535-7