vrata

Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”).

vrata (plural vratas)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

Inherited from Old Czech vrata, from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrata]

vrata n pl (diminutive vrátka)

1. door, gate

• “vrata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vrata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vrata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋrata/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvrata/

vrata n pl

1. door, gate

• Czech: vrata

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vrata”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta. Probably the literal meaning is 'something that turns'. Compare vrat.

• IPA^(key): /ʋrǎːta/
• Hyphenation: vra‧ta

vráta n pl (Cyrillic spelling вра́та)

1. (plural only) door

• vràtār

• “vrata”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vrata (Cyrillic spelling врата)

1. genitive singular of vrat

• vatra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

• IPA^(key): /ʋràːta/

vráta n pl

1. door

• “vrata”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “vrata”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references