वत्सर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱত্সৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬢ᭄ᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
• বত্সর (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဝတ္သရ (Burmese script)
• વત્સર (Gujarati script)
• ਵਤ੍ਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦠ꧀ꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ವತ್ಸರ (Kannada script)
• វត្សរ (Khmer script)
• ວຕ຺ສຣ (Lao script)
• വത്സര (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢐᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଵତ୍ସର (Odia script)
• ꢮꢡ꣄ꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
• වත‍්සර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
• வத்ஸர (Tamil script)
• వత్సర (Telugu script)
• วตฺสร (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཏྶ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wet-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wétos

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás

Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa)

Sanskrit वत्सर (vatsara)

From वत्स (vatsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos + *-ós. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐt.sɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐt̪.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

वत्सर • (vatsara) stem, m

1. a year
2. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years
3. the Year personified

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वत्सर (vatsara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वत्सरः vatsaraḥ	वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹	वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹ vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वत्सर vatsara	वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹	वत्सराः / वत्सरासः¹ vatsarāḥ / vatsarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वत्सरम् vatsaram	वत्सरौ / वत्सरा¹ vatsarau / vatsarā¹	वत्सरान् vatsarān
Instrumental	वत्सरेण vatsareṇa	वत्सराभ्याम् vatsarābhyām	वत्सरैः / वत्सरेभिः¹ vatsaraiḥ / vatsarebhiḥ¹
Dative	वत्सराय vatsarāya	वत्सराभ्याम् vatsarābhyām	वत्सरेभ्यः vatsarebhyaḥ
Ablative	वत्सरात् vatsarāt	वत्सराभ्याम् vatsarābhyām	वत्सरेभ्यः vatsarebhyaḥ
Genitive	वत्सरस्य vatsarasya	वत्सरयोः vatsarayoḥ	वत्सराणाम् vatsarāṇām
Locative	वत्सरे vatsare	वत्सरयोः vatsarayoḥ	वत्सरेषु vatsareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: vacchara
• → Malayalam: വത്സരം (vatsaraṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वत्सर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 495
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वत्सर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]