वद्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (to utter, to call).[1] See वद॑ति (vádati) for more discussion.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    वद् • (vad)

    1. to speak, tell
      Synonyms: वच् (vac), ब्रू (brū)

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • वद॑ति (vádati, present)
    • व॒दि॒ष्यति॑ (vadiṣyáti, future)
    • व॒दि॒ता (vaditā́, periphrastic future)
    • अवा॑दीत् (ávādīt, aorist)
    • उद्यात् (udyāt, benedictive)
    • उ॒वाद॑ (uvā́da, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • उ॒द्यते॑ (udyáte, passive)
    • अवादि (avādi, passive aorist)
    • वा॒दय॑ति (vādáyati, causative)
    • वाद्यते (vādyate, passive of causative)
    • विवदिषति (vivadiṣati, desiderative)
    • वाव॑दीति (vā́vadīti, intensive)
    • वा॒व॒द्यते॑ (vāvadyáte, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • उ॒दि॒त (uditá, past participle)
    • वदित (vadita, past participle)
    • वदितुम् (vaditum, infinitive)
    • वदि॑तोस् (váditos, infinitive)
    • उदित्वा (uditvā, gerund)
    • उद्य (udya, gerund)
    • उद्य (udya, gerundive)
    • व॒दि॒त॒व्य॑ (vaditavyà, gerundive)
    • वादित (vādita, causative past participle)
    • विवत्सु (vivatsu, desiderative participle)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अच्छावद् (acchāvad)
    • अतिवद् (ativad)
    • अधिवद् (adhivad)
    • अभिवद् (abhivad)
    • अनुवद् (anuvad)
    • अपवद् (apavad)
    • अववद् (avavad)
    • आवद् (āvad)
    • उद्वद् (udvad)
    • उपवद् (upavad)
    • निर्वद् (nirvad)
    • परावद् (parāvad)
    • परिवद् (parivad)
    • प्रतिवद् (prativad)
    • प्रवद् (pravad)
    • विवद् (vivad)
    • संवद् (saṃvad)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वद् (0 c, 7 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वद् (8 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VADI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “vad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “vádati”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133