वेध
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेध (vedha, “penetration, observation, analysis”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋeːd̪ʱ/
Noun
वेध • (vedh) m
- penetration, piercing
- Synonym: भेदना (bhednā)
- observation, analysis, examination
- Synonym: निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वेध vedh |
वेध vedh |
| oblique | वेध vedh |
वेधों vedhõ |
| vocative | वेध vedh |
वेधो vedho |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वेध”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4609
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वेध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 934
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “वेध”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 724
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৱেধ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬥ (Balinese script)
- বেধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေဓ (Burmese script)
- વેધ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಧ (Kannada script)
- វេធ (Khmer script)
- ເວຘ (Lao script)
- വേധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐢 (Newa script)
- ଵେଧ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖠 (Siddham script)
- වෙධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚜 (Takri script)
- வேத⁴ (Tamil script)
- వేధ (Telugu script)
- เวธ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to Proto-Iranian *vaiδa-; see व्यध् (vyadh) for more.[1] Compare Old Armenian վէրք (vērkʻ, “wound”), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐj.dʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
वेध • (vedha) stem, m
- penetrating, piercing, perforation
- wounding, a wound
- a hole, an excavation.
- the depth (of an excavation)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेधः (vedhaḥ) | वेधौ (vedhau) वेधा¹ (vedhā¹) |
वेधाः (vedhāḥ) वेधासः¹ (vedhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | वेधम् (vedham) | वेधौ (vedhau) वेधा¹ (vedhā¹) |
वेधान् (vedhān) |
| instrumental | वेधेन (vedhena) | वेधाभ्याम् (vedhābhyām) | वेधैः (vedhaiḥ) वेधेभिः¹ (vedhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वेधाय (vedhāya) | वेधाभ्याम् (vedhābhyām) | वेधेभ्यः (vedhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वेधात् (vedhāt) | वेधाभ्याम् (vedhābhyām) | वेधेभ्यः (vedhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वेधस्य (vedhasya) | वेधयोः (vedhayoḥ) | वेधानाम् (vedhānām) |
| locative | वेधे (vedhe) | वेधयोः (vedhayoḥ) | वेधेषु (vedheṣu) |
| vocative | वेध (vedha) | वेधौ (vedhau) वेधा¹ (vedhā¹) |
वेधाः (vedhāḥ) वेधासः¹ (vedhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1018, column 1.
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910