वाति

See also: वात, वृत, and वृति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱাতি (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
বাতি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဝါတိ (Burmese script)
વાતિ (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ವಾತಿ (Kannada script)
វាតិ (Khmer script)
ວາຕິ (Lao script)
വാതി (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵାତି (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
වාති (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
வாதி (Tamil script)
వాతి (Telugu script)
วาติ (Thai script)
ཝཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwā́ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vāⁱti), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi, “I blow”), Proto-Slavic *vě̀ti (“to blow”), German wehen (“to blow”), Old English wāwan (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.t̪i/

Verb

वाति॑ • (vā́ti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, present, root वा)

to blow (as the wind)
to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing
(transitive) to blow towards or upon
to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume)
(transitive) to smell
to hurt, injure

Conjugation

Present: वाति॑ (vā́ti), वाते॑ (vā́te)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	वाति॑ vā́ti	वातः॑ vā́taḥ	वान्ति॑ vā́nti	वाते॑ vā́te	वाते॑ vā́te	वाते॑ vā́te
Second	वासि॑ vā́si	वाथः॑ vā́thaḥ	वाथ॑ vā́tha	वासे॑ vā́se	वाथे॑ vā́the	वाध्वे॑ vā́dhve
First	वामि॑ vā́mi	वावः॑ vā́vaḥ	वामः॑ / वाम॑सि¹ vā́maḥ / vā́masi¹	वै vái	वाव॑हे vā́vahe	वाम॑हे vā́mahe
Imperative
Third	वातु॑ vā́tu	वाता॑म् vā́tām	वान्तु॑ vā́ntu	वाता॑म् vā́tām	वाता॑म् vā́tām	वाता॑म् vā́tām
Second	वाहि॑ vā́hi	वात॑म् vā́tam	वात॑ vā́ta	वास्व॑ vā́sva	वाथा॑म् vā́thām	वाध्व॑म् vā́dhvam
First	वानि॑ vā́ni	वाव॑ vā́va	वाम॑ vā́ma	वै vái	वाव॑है vā́vahai	वाम॑है vā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	वाया॑त् vā́yāt	वाया॑ताम् vā́yātām	वायुः॑ vā́yuḥ	वे॒त vetá	वे॒याता॑म् veyā́tām	वे॒रन् verán
Second	वायाः॑ vā́yāḥ	वाया॑तम् vā́yātam	वाया॑त vā́yāta	वे॒थाः vethā́ḥ	वे॒याथा॑म् veyā́thām	वे॒ध्वम् vedhvám
First	वाया॑म् vā́yām	वाया॑व vā́yāva	वाया॑म vā́yāma	वे॒य veyá	वे॒वहि॑ veváhi	वे॒महि॑ vemáhi
Subjunctive
Third	वात् / वाति॑ vā́t / vā́ti	वातः॑ vā́taḥ	वान् vā́n	वाते॑ / वातै॑ vā́te / vā́tai	वैते॑ váite	वान्त॑ / वान्तै॑ vā́nta / vā́ntai
Second	वाः / वासि॑ vā́ḥ / vā́si	वाथः॑ vā́thaḥ	वाथ॑ vā́tha	वासे॑ / वासै॑ vā́se / vā́sai	वैथे॑ váithe	वाध्वे॑ / वाध्वै॑ vā́dhve / vā́dhvai
First	वानि॑ / वा vā́ni / vā́	वाव॑ vā́va	वाम॑ vā́ma	वै vái	वाव॑है vā́vahai	वाम॑है vā́mahai
Participles
	वात् vā́t			वा॒न vāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अवा॑त् (ávāt), अवा॑त (ávāta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अवा॑त् ávāt	अवा॑ताम् ávātām	अवुः॑ / अवा॑न् ávuḥ / ávān	अवा॑त ávāta	अवा॑ताम् ávātām	अवा॑त ávāta
Second	अवाः॑ ávāḥ	अवा॑तम् ávātam	अवा॑त ávāta	अवा॑थाः ávāthāḥ	अवा॑थाम् ávāthām	अवा॑ध्वम् ávādhvam
First	अवा॑म् ávām	अवा॑व ávāva	अवा॑म ávāma	अवे॑ áve	अवा॑वहि ávāvahi	अवा॑महि ávāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934, column 2.