वञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (to be bent or bowed). Compare Old English wōh (crooked; mistake),[1] as well as Proto-Germanic *wangaz (field, meadow);[2] see the latter for more potential cognates.

Pronunciation

Root

वञ्च् • (vañc)

  1. to move crookedly

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • वञ्च॑ति (váñcati, present)
  • व॒ञ्चि॒ष्यति॑ (vañciṣyáti, future)
  • व॒ञ्चि॒ता (vañcitā́, periphrastic future)
  • अव॑ञ्चीत् (ávañcīt, aorist)
  • व॒च्यात् (vacyā́t, benedictive)
  • व॒वञ्च॑ (vaváñca, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • व॒च्यते॑ (vacyáte, passive)
  • व॒ञ्चय॑ति (vañcáyati, causative)
  • अव॑वञ्चत् (ávavañcat, causative)
  • विवञ्चिषति (vivañciṣati, desiderative)
  • वनीवच्यते (vanīvacyate, intensive)
  • वनीवञ्चीति (vanīvañcīti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • व॒ञ्चि॒त (vañcitá, past participle)
  • वञ्चितुम् (vañcitum, infinitive)
  • व॒ञ्चि॒त्वा (vañcitvā́, gerund)
  • व॒चि॒त्वा (vacitvā́, gerund)
  • व॒क्त्वा (vaktvā́, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
  • वञ्चक (vañcaka)
  • वञ्चन (vañcana)
  • वञ्चनीय (vañcanīya)
  • वङ्कु (vaṅku)
  • वङ्कृ (vaṅkṛ)
  • वक्र (vakra)
  • वक्व (vakva)
  • वक्वन् (vakvan)
  • वञ्चयितृ (vañcayitṛ)
  • वञ्चयितव्य (vañcayitavya)
  • वङ्क्य (vaṅkya)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वञ्च् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वञ्च् (9 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वञ्च् (9 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VAÑC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 492-3
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wange”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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