वद्

See also: वेद, वेदि, वादा, वेदी, विद्, वाद, and -वादी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उद् (ud)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဒ် (Burmese script)
• વદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವದ್ (Kannada script)
• វទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວທ຺ (Lao script)
• വദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• வத்³ (Tamil script)
• వద్ (Telugu script)
• วทฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-?

Sanskrit वद् (vad)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (“to utter, to call”). See वद॑ति (vádati) for more discussion.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd̪/

Root

वद् • (vad)

1. to speak, tell

   Synonyms: वच् (vac), ब्रू (brū)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वद् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वद् (7 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वदति (vádati, Present)
• वदिष्यति (vadiṣyáti, Future)
• वदिता (vaditā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अवादीत् (ávādīt, Aorist)
• उद्यात् (udyāt, Benedictive)
• उवाद (uvā́da, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• उद्यते (udyáte, Passive)
• अवादि (avādi, Passive Aorist)
• वादयति (vādáyati, Causative)
• वाद्यते (vādyate, Passive of Causative)
• विवदिषति (vivadiṣati, Desiderative)
• वावदीति (vā́vadīti, Intensive)
• वावद्यते (vāvadyáte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• उदित (uditá, Past Participle)
• वदित (vadita, Past Participle)
• वदितुम् (vaditum, Infinitive)
• वदितोस् (váditos, Infinitive)
• उदित्वा (uditvā, Gerund)
• उद्य (udya, Gerund)
• उद्य (udya, Gerundive)
• वदितव्य (vaditavyà, Gerundive)
• वादित (vādita, Causative Past Participle)
• विवत्सु (vivatsu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वद (vada)
• वदन (vádana)
• वदावदिन् (vadāvadin)
• वदितृ (vaditṛ)
• वदिष्ठ (vadiṣṭha)
• वद्मन् (vadmán)
• वाद (vāda)
• वादक (vādaka)
• वादन (vādana)
• वादित्र (vāditra)
• वादिन् (vādin)
• वादुक (vāduka)
• वाद्य (vā́dya)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अच्छावद् (acchāvad)
• अतिवद् (ativad)
• अधिवद् (adhivad)
• अभिवद् (abhivad)
• अनुवद् (anuvad)
• अपवद् (apavad)
• अववद् (avavad)
• आवद् (āvad)
• उद्वद् (udvad)
• उपवद् (upavad)
• निर्वद् (nirvad)
• परावद् (parāvad)
• परिवद् (parivad)
• प्रतिवद् (prativad)
• प्रवद् (pravad)
• विवद् (vivad)
• संवद् (saṃvad)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152-153
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 133-134