वोळ्हृ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- वोढृ (vóḍhṛ, voḍhṛ́)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáẓḍʰā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáždʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtōr (“bearer, carrier”), from *weǵʰ- (“to carry, to transport”). Cognate with Latin vector (“bearer, carrier”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐw.ɭ̆ʱŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋoː.ɭ̆ʱr̩/
Noun
वो॒ळ्हृ • (voḷhṛ́) stem, m
- (Rigvedic) one who bears or carries; a draft horse
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.96.15:
- एष स्य सोमो मतिभिः पुनानोऽत्यो न वाजी तरतीदरातीः ।
पयो न दुग्धमदितेरिषिरमुर्विव गातुः सुयमो न वोळ्हा ॥- eṣa sya somo matibhiḥ punānoʼtyo na vājī taratīdarātīḥ.
payo na dugdhamaditeriṣiramurviva gātuḥ suyamo na voḷhā. - Purified with our holy hymns, this Soma overtakes malignities like a strong charger,
Like fresh milk poured by Aditi, like passage in ample room, or like a docile car-horse.
- eṣa sya somo matibhiḥ punānoʼtyo na vājī taratīdarātīḥ.
- एष स्य सोमो मतिभिः पुनानोऽत्यो न वाजी तरतीदरातीः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वो॒ळ्हा (voḷhā́) | वो॒ळ्हारौ॑ (voḷhā́rau) वो॒ळ्हारा॑¹ (voḷhā́rā¹) |
वो॒ळ्हारः॑ (voḷhā́raḥ) |
| accusative | वो॒ळ्हार॑म् (voḷhā́ram) | वो॒ळ्हारौ॑ (voḷhā́rau) वो॒ळ्हारा॑¹ (voḷhā́rā¹) |
वो॒ळ्हॄन् (voḷhṝ́n) |
| instrumental | वो॒ढ्रा (voḍhrā́) | वो॒ळ्हृभ्या॑म् (voḷhṛ́bhyām) | वो॒ळ्हृभिः॑ (voḷhṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | वो॒ढ्रे (voḍhré) | वो॒ळ्हृभ्या॑म् (voḷhṛ́bhyām) | वो॒ळ्हृभ्यः॑ (voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वो॒ळ्हुः (voḷhúḥ) | वो॒ळ्हृभ्या॑म् (voḷhṛ́bhyām) | वो॒ळ्हृभ्यः॑ (voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वो॒ळ्हुः (voḷhúḥ) | वो॒ढ्रोः (voḍhróḥ) | वो॒ळ्हॄ॒णाम् (voḷhṝṇā́m) |
| locative | वो॒ळ्हरि॑ (voḷhári) | वो॒ढ्रोः (voḍhróḥ) | वो॒ळ्हृषु॑ (voḷhṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | वोळ्हः॑ (vóḷhaḥ) | वोळ्हा॑रौ (vóḷhārau) वोळ्हा॑रा¹ (vóḷhārā¹) |
वोळ्हा॑रः (vóḷhāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic