वात

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात (vāta)

  1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

  • वत्त

Descendants

  • Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀‎ (vāta), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) m[1]

  1. wind or the wind-god
  2. wind, air
  3. wind emitted from the body
  4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
  5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”).

Adjective

वात • (vā́ta)[2]

  1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Derived terms

  1. निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)

References

  1. ↑ 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 0934
  2. ↑ 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 0939
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