वे
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi वे (ve), वै (vai), from Apabhramsa ओइ (oi), perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit *अव (*ava), attested in अवोष् (avoṣ), अवोर् (avor, “of you both”, gen. du.), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *avá. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬬𐬀 (ava).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
वे • (ve) m pl or f pl by sense (Urdu spelling وے) (demonstrative)
- direct plural of वह (vah); they, those, he (honorific), she (honorific)
- वे अच्छे लोग हैं। ― ve acche log ha͠i. ― They are good people.
See also
- इन (in) (near reference)
References
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वे”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वे”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali
Noun
वे
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱে (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾ (Balinese script)
- বে (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေ (Burmese script)
- વે (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇ (Kannada script)
- វេ (Khmer script)
- ເວ (Lao script)
- വേ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾 (Newa script)
- ଵେ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸 (Siddham script)
- වෙ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲 (Takri script)
- வே (Tamil script)
- వే (Telugu script)
- เว (Thai script)
- ཝེ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́j/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to weave”), related to Lithuanian áusti. Unrelated to व्ययति (vyáyati, “winds, wraps”) (root व्ये (vye)).
Alternative forms
Root
वे • (ve)
- to weave
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वे (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वे (3 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- वयति (váyati) (Present)
- वयिष्यति (vayiṣyáti) (Future)
- वास्यति (vāsyáti) (Future)
- वाता (vātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अवासीत् (ávāsīt) (Aorist)
- ऊयात् (ūyāt) (Benedictive)
- ववौ (vaváu) (Perfect)
- उवाय (uvā́ya) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- ऊयते (ūyáte) (Passive)
- अवायि (ávāyi) (Passive Aorist)
- वाययति (vāyáyati) (Causative)
- विवासति (vivāsati) (Desiderative)
- वावायते (vāvāyate) (Intensive)
- वावेति (vāveti) (Intensive)
- वावाति (vāvāti) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अपवे (apave)
- आवे (āve)
- उद्वे (udve)
- उपवे (upave)
- परिवे (parive)
- प्रवे (prave)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
Noun
वे • (vé)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वे”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) “2.vā, vi, u”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “O”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 275-6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “o”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 349-350