𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

vaḍḍhi (Latin script)
वड्ढि (Devanagari script)
ৰড্ঢি (Bengali script)
වඩ‍්ඪි (Sinhalese script)
ဝဍ္ဎိ or ဝꩨ္ꩩိ or ဝꩨ်ꩩိ (Burmese script)
วฑฺฒิ or วัฑฒิ (Thai script)
ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ວຑ຺ຒິ or ວັຑຒິ (Lao script)
វឌ្ឍិ (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄓𑄴𑄔𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺 (vaḍḍhi)

Brahmi script form of vaḍḍhi

Prakrit

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀠𑀺 (vaḍhi /⁠vaḍḍhi⁠/), from Sanskrit वृद्धि (vṛddhi, “increase”).

Noun

𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺 (vaḍḍhi) f (Devanagari वड्ढि)

growth, increase

Usage notes

The sense "interest" is not attested in this Prakrit term but is attested in its descendants (including borrowed terms) and also in the Sanskrit term which it came from. Thus, this meaning is likely to have existed in the Prakrit word.

Derived terms

*vaḍḍhiyā (with Middle Indo-Aryan -ikā)
- Central:
  - Hindi: बाढ़ी (bāṛhī, “interest”)
- Eastern:
  - Assamese: বাঢ়ি (barhi, “interest on money lent”)
  - Bhojpuri: bāṛhi
    - Devanagari script: बाढ़ि
    - Kaithi script: 𑂥𑂰𑂜𑂱
  - Odia: ବଢ଼ି (baṛhi, “flood”)
- Northwestern:
  - Punjabi: ਵੱਢੀ (vaḍḍhī, “bribe”)
- Southern:
  - Marathi: वाढी (vāḍhī, “surplus”)

Descendants

Central:
- Hindi: बाढ़ (bāṛh, “increase; flood”)
- Urdu: باڑھ (bāṛh, “increase; flood”)
Eastern
- Bengali: বাড় (baṛ, “growth”)
Northern:
- Kumaoni: बाढ़ (bāṛh, “increase”)
Southern:
- Konkani-Marathi:
  - Konkani: वाड (vāḍ, “increase”)
  - Marathi: वाढ (vāḍh, “increase”)
- Sinhalese: වැඩ (wæḍa, “increase, profit”)
→ Kannada: ಬಡ್ಡಿ (baḍḍi, “interest”)
→ Malayalam: വട്ടി (vaṭṭi, “interest”)
→ Tamil: வட்டி (vaṭṭi, “interest”)
→ Telugu: వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)