वात

See also: वाति, वृत, and वृति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːt̪/, [ʋäːt̪]

Noun

वात • (vāt) m

wind, air
wind as a bodily humour
rheumatism, gout

Declension

Declension of *वात* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	वात vāt	वात vāt
oblique	वात vāt	वातों vātõ
vocative	वात vāt	वातो vāto

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात • (vāta)

story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

वत्त (vatta)

Descendants

Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

vāta (Latin script)
𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
ৰাত (Bengali script)
වාත (Sinhalese script)
ဝါတ or ဝႃတ (Burmese script)
วาต or วาตะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩤᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ວາຕ or ວາຕະ (Lao script)
វាត (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄂𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वात m

Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension

Declension table of "वात" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वातो (vāto)	वाता (vātā)
Accusative (second)	वातं (vātaṃ)	वाते (vāte)
Instrumental (third)	वातेन (vātena)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वातस्स (vātassa) or वाताय (vātāya) or वातत्थं (vātatthaṃ)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वातस्मा (vātasmā) or वातम्हा (vātamhā) or वाता (vātā)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वातस्स (vātassa)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वातस्मिं (vātasmiṃ) or वातम्हि (vātamhi) or वाते (vāte)	वातेसु (vātesu)
Vocative (calling)	वात (vāta)	वाता (vātā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ৱাত (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
বাত (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
ဝါတ (Burmese script)
વાત (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ವಾತ (Kannada script)
វាត (Khmer script)
ວາຕ (Lao script)
വാത (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
ଵାତ (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
වාත (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
வாத (Tamil script)
వాత (Telugu script)
วาต (Thai script)
ཝཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

(Early Rigvedic): IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.tɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) stem, m ^[1]

wind, air
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:
  यथा॒ वातः॑ पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वतः॑ ।
  ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः ॥
  yáthā vā́taḥ puṣkaríṇīṃ samiṅgáyati sarvátaḥ.
  evā́ te gárbha ejatu niraítu dáśamāsyaḥ.
  Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
  So that the ten-month baby may be born.
wind-god
wind emitted from the body
wind or air as one of the humours of the body
morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वात
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वातः (vā́taḥ)	वातौ (vā́tau) वाता¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाताः (vā́tāḥ) वातासः¹ (vā́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	वातम् (vā́tam)	वातौ (vā́tau) वाता¹ (vā́tā¹)	वातान् (vā́tān)
instrumental	वातेन (vā́tena)	वाताभ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वातैः (vā́taiḥ) वातेभिः¹ (vā́tebhiḥ¹)
dative	वाताय (vā́tāya)	वाताभ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वातेभ्यः (vā́tebhyaḥ)
ablative	वातात् (vā́tāt)	वाताभ्याम् (vā́tābhyām)	वातेभ्यः (vā́tebhyaḥ)
genitive	वातस्य (vā́tasya)	वातयोः (vā́tayoḥ)	वातानाम् (vā́tānām)
locative	वाते (vā́te)	वातयोः (vā́tayoḥ)	वातेषु (vā́teṣu)
vocative	वात (vā́ta)	वातौ (vā́tau) वाता¹ (vā́tā¹)	वाताः (vā́tāḥ) वातासः¹ (vā́tāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

वातापि (vātāpi)
- Old Kannada: ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi)
  - Kannada: ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi)
    - English: Badami (“a city in Karnataka”)
वातर (vātara)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Konkani: वारो (vāro) or Kodiali Konkani: वारे (vāre)
  - Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: वारा (vārā), वारें (vāreṃ)
    
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰 (vārā), 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (vāreṃ)
    - Marathi: वारा (vārā)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Sindhi: varāiṇu
    Devanagari script: वराइणु
    
    Arabic script: وَرَائِڻُ
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
वातुल (vātula)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
  - Assamese: বাউল (baul)
  - Bengali: বাউল (baul)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: बावला (bāvlā)
    
    Urdu: باؤلا (bāvlā)
    - ⇒ Marathi: बावळट (bāvḷaṭ)
- → Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
- → Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)
  
  Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)
  - → Marathi: वातूळ (vātūḷ)
[Term?]
- Romani: balval

Descendants

Helu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ވައި (vai)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: বা (ba)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Sindhi: واءُ (vaha)
Pali: vāta

Borrowed terms

Kannada: ವಾತ (vāta)
Malayalam: വാതകം (vātakaṁ)
Old Marathi: vāta
Devanagari script: वात

Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝
- → Marathi: वात (vāt)
Telugu: వాతము (vātamu)
Sinhalese: වාතය (wātaya)
→ Old Javanese: wāta
- > Javanese: ꦮꦠ (wata) (inherited)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (“Odin”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (“mad, crazy”) (whence English wode).

Adjective

वात • (vā́ta) stem^[2]

attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Derived terms

निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.
^ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939, column 3.

[1] Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.

[2] Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939, column 3.

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