वाम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বাম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါမ် (Burmese script)
- વામ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಮ್ (Kannada script)
- វាម៑ (Khmer script)
- ວາມ຺ (Lao script)
- വാമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵାମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වාම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- வாம் (Tamil script)
- వామ్ (Telugu script)
- วามฺ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waH, from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁ (“you two”, acc./dat./gen.). Compare Proto-Slavic *vȃ (“you two”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
Pronoun
वाम् • (vām)
- enclitic accusative/dative/genitive dual of युष्मद् (yuṣmad): "(of/to) you two"
Etymology 2
Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáH, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁ (“we two”). Compare Old Avestan 𐬬𐬁 (vā) and Proto-Slavic *vě.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑ́ːm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
Pronoun
वाम् • (vā́m) (Rigvedic)
- nominative dual of अस्मद् (asmad): "we two"
Usage notes
Only occurs in Rigveda 6.55.1, later आवम् (āvám) and आवाम् (āvā́m) are used.
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 941, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 543