वच्

See also: वाच् and वाचा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“speak”). Cognates include Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), Latin vōx (“voice”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”) and Persian (âvâz, “voice”).

Root

वच् • (vac)

to speak, utter, say

Derived terms

Verb forms of वच् (vac)

उच्यते (ucyate, “to be spoken”, passive)
वक्ति (vakti, “to speak”, 2P)
वाचयति (vācayati, “to cause to speak”, causative)

वाचयते (vācayate, causative)
विवक्षति (vivakṣati, “to wish to say”, desiderative)

विवक्षते (vivakṣate, desiderative)
विवक्ष्यते (vivakṣyate, “to be meant”, passive of desiderative)

Terms derived from वच् (vac)

उक्त (ukta, “spoken”)

वचन (vacana, “speaking”)

वाच् (vāc, “speech”)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 912

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