वचा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱচা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬘᬵ (Balinese script)
• বচা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰓𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀘𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝစာ (Burmese script)
• વચા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਚਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌚𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦕꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂒𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಚಾ (Kannada script)
• វចា (Khmer script)
• ວຈາ (Lao script)
• വചാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢜᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘓𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢋᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦳𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐔𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵଚା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢗꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆖𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖓𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වචා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩡𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚏𑚭 (Takri script)
• வசா (Tamil script)
• వచా (Telugu script)
• วจา (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཙཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒔𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨣𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.t͡ɕɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.t͡ɕɑː/

Noun

वचा • (vacā) stem, f

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

Descendants

• Bengali: বচ (boc)
• Deccani: وچ (vač)
• Gujarati: વજ (vaj)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: बच (bac)

  Urdu: بچ (bač)

• Nepali: बोझो (bojho)
• → Kannada: ಬಜೆ (baje)
• → Malayalam: വയമ്പ് (vayamp‌)
• → Middle Persian: *vač
  • Persian: وج (vaj)
    • → Arabic: وَجّ (wajj)
      • → Middle Armenian: վաճ (vač)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܘܲܨ (waṣ)
• → Tamil: வசம்பு (vacampu)
• → Telugu: వస (vasa)