वहति

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ-e-ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati

Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati

Sanskrit वह॑ति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ-e-ti, from *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin vehō, Old English wegan (whence English weigh).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɦɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.ɦɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वह॑ति • (váhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root वह्)

to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 9.41.28:
  तेन कूलापहारेण मैत्रावरुणिर् औह्यत ।
  उह्यमानश् च तुष्टाव तदा राजन् सरस्वतीम्
  tena kūlāpahāreṇa maitrāvaruṇir auhyata.
  uhyamānaś ca tuṣṭāva tadā rājan sarasvatīm
  Maitrāvaruṇi was carried off along with the submerged bank,
  And as he was being carried, O king, he praised the river Sarasvatī.
to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of Agni)
to bear along (water, said of rivers)
to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)
to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow
to cause, effect
to offer (a sacrifice)
to spread, diffuse (scent)
to shed (tears)
to carry away, carry off, rob
to lead home, take to wife, marry
to bear or carry on or with
to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess
to wear (clothes)
(with शिरस् (śiras)) to bear one's head (उच्चैश्तराम् (uccaiś-tarām, “high”))
(with वसुंधराम् (vasuṃdharām) or क्ष्मामण्डालम् (kṣmā-maṇḍālam)) to support i.e. rule the earth
(with गर्भम् (garbham)) to be with child
to bear, suffer, endure
to forbear, forgive, pardon
to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, 'the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance')
to experience, feel
to exhibit, show, betray
to pay (a fine)
to pass, spend (time)
(intransitive) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim
to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse)
to blow (as wind)
to pass away, elapse
to be drawn or borne by (+ instrumental) or along or off

Conjugation

Present: वह॑ति (váhati), वह॑ते (váhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	वह॑ति váhati	वह॑तः váhataḥ	वह॑न्ति váhanti	वह॑ते váhate	वहे॑ते váhete	वह॑न्ते váhante
Second	वह॑सि váhasi	वह॑थः váhathaḥ	वह॑थ váhatha	वह॑से váhase	वहे॑थे váhethe	वह॑ध्वे váhadhve
First	वहा॑मि váhāmi	वहा॑वः váhāvaḥ	वहा॑मः / वहा॑मसि¹ váhāmaḥ / váhāmasi¹	वहे॑ váhe	वहा॑वहे váhāvahe	वहा॑महे váhāmahe
Imperative
Third	वह॑तु váhatu	वह॑ताम् váhatām	वह॑न्तु váhantu	वह॑ताम् váhatām	वहे॑ताम् váhetām	वह॑न्ताम् váhantām
Second	वह॑ váha	वह॑तम् váhatam	वह॑त váhata	वह॑स्व váhasva	वहे॑थाम् váhethām	वह॑ध्वम् váhadhvam
First	वहा॑नि váhāni	वहा॑व váhāva	वहा॑म váhāma	वहै॑ váhai	वहा॑वहै váhāvahai	वहा॑महै váhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	वहे॑त् váhet	वहे॑ताम् váhetām	वहे॑युः váheyuḥ	वहे॑त váheta	वहे॑याताम् váheyātām	वहे॑रन् váheran
Second	वहेः॑ váheḥ	वहे॑तम् váhetam	वहे॑त váheta	वहे॑थाः váhethāḥ	वहे॑याथाम् váheyāthām	वहे॑ध्वम् váhedhvam
First	वहे॑यम् váheyam	वहे॑व váheva	वहे॑म váhema	वहे॑य váheya	वहे॑वहि váhevahi	वहे॑महि váhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	वहा॑त् / वहा॑ति váhāt / váhāti	वहा॑तः váhātaḥ	वहा॑न् váhān	वहा॑ते / वहा॑तै váhāte / váhātai	वहै॑ते váhaite	वह॑न्त / वहा॑न्तै váhanta / váhāntai
Second	वहाः॑ / वहा॑सि váhāḥ / váhāsi	वहा॑थः váhāthaḥ	वहा॑थ váhātha	वहा॑से / वहा॑सै váhāse / váhāsai	वहै॑थे váhaithe	वहा॑ध्वै váhādhvai
First	वहा॑नि váhāni	वहा॑व váhāva	वहा॑म váhāma	वहै॑ váhai	वहा॑वहै váhāvahai	वहा॑महै váhāmahai
Participles
	वह॑त् váhat			वह॑मान váhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अव॑हत् (ávahat), अव॑हत (ávahata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अव॑हत् ávahat	अव॑हताम् ávahatām	अव॑हन् ávahan	अव॑हत ávahata	अव॑हेताम् ávahetām	अव॑हन्त ávahanta
Second	अव॑हः ávahaḥ	अव॑हतम् ávahatam	अव॑हत ávahata	अव॑हथाः ávahathāḥ	अव॑हेथाम् ávahethām	अव॑हध्वम् ávahadhvam
First	अव॑हम् ávaham	अव॑हाव ávahāva	अव॑हाम ávahāma	अव॑हे ávahe	अव॑हावहि ávahāvahi	अव॑हामहि ávahāmahi

Derived terms

प्रवहति (pravahati)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
- Bengali: বহা (boha)
  - Bengali: বওয়া (bôoẇa)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀇 (vahaï)
- Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘮𑘜𑘹 (vahaṇe), 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vahāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāhāṇe), 𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vhāṇe)
  - Marathi: वाहणे (vāhṇe)
Pali: vahati
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀤𑀺 (vahadi)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: बहना (bahnā)
  - Urdu: بہنا (bahnā)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वहति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, column 2.