वध

See also: वाद्य, वद्य, and वधा

Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀‎ (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀‎ (vada, “weapon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

वध • (vadhá) m

  1. murder, slaughter
  2. one who kills; destroyer
  3. deadly weapon (especially Indra's thunderbolt)
  4. injury, hurt

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वधः
vadháḥ		 वधौ
vadhaú		 वधाः / वधासः¹
vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹
Vocative वध
vádha		 वधौ
vádhau		 वधाः / वधासः¹
vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹
Accusative वधम्
vadhám		 वधौ
vadhaú		 वधान्
vadhā́n
Instrumental वधेन
vadhéna		 वधाभ्याम्
vadhā́bhyām		 वधैः / वधेभिः¹
vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹
Dative वधाय
vadhā́ya		 वधाभ्याम्
vadhā́bhyām		 वधेभ्यः
vadhébhyaḥ
Ablative वधात्
vadhā́t		 वधाभ्याम्
vadhā́bhyām		 वधेभ्यः
vadhébhyaḥ
Genitive वधस्य
vadhásya		 वधयोः
vadháyoḥ		 वधानाम्
vadhā́nām
Locative वधे
vadhé		 वधयोः
vadháyoḥ		 वधेषु
vadhéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
  • वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
  • वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)

Descendants

  • → Hindi: वध (vadh, “killing, execution, massacre”)
  • → Sinhalese: වධ (vadha, “torture”)
  • → Telugu: వధ (vadha, “killing, slaying, murder”)

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 0916
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhá (656)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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