वन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• વન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• វន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• വന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• வந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• వన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• วนฺทฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly related to वद् (vad, “to speak”).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn̪d̪/

Root

वन्द् • (vand)

1. to celebrate
2. to praise
3. to adore

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वन्द् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वन्द् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वन्दते (vándate, Present)
• वन्दति (vandati, Present)
• वन्दिष्यते (vandiṣyate, Future)
• वन्दिता (vanditā, Periphrastic Future)
• अवन्दिष्ट (ávandiṣṭa, Aorist)
• ववन्द (vavánda, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वन्द्यते (vandyate, Passive)
• अवन्दि (avandi, Passive Aorist)
• वन्दयति (vandayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• वन्दित (vanditá, Past Participle)
• वन्दितुम् (vanditum, Infinitive)
• वन्दध्यै (vandádhyai, Infinitive)
• वन्दित्वा (vanditvā, Gerund)
• वन्द्य (vandya, Gerund)
• वन्द्य (vándya, Gerundive)
• वन्दनीय (vandanīya, Gerundive)
• वन्दितव्य (vanditavya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वन्दन (vándana)
• वन्दारु (vandā́ru)
• वन्दितृ (vanditṛ)
• वन्दिन् (vandin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिवन्द् (abhivand)
• संवन्द् (saṃvand)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 153-154
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “vand”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAND^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 502-3