वर्ती

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱৰ্তী (Assamese script)
ᬯᬃᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
বর্তী (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဝရ်္တီ (Burmese script)
વર્તી (Gujarati script)
ਵਰ੍ਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦂꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂩𑂹𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ವರ್ತೀ (Kannada script)
វត៌ី (Khmer script)
ວຣ຺ຕີ (Lao script)
വര്തീ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᡵᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᠷᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧈𑧠𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐬𑑂𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
ଵର୍ତୀ (Odia script)
ꢮꢬ꣄ꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
වර්‍තී (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩼 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚤𑚶𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
வர்தீ (Tamil script)
వర్తీ (Telugu script)
วรฺตี (Thai script)
ཝ་རྟཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨫𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”), with a semantic development from "turned" > "twisted (material)" > "wick (made from twisted fibres)"; compare Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla, “fuse, wick”) from ف ت ل (f-t-l) for a similar derivation.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɾ.tiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐɾ.t̪iː/

Noun

वर्ती • (vartī) stem, f

anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound
any cosmetic prepared from various substances (used as a remedy in the form of a paste or pill)
ointment, unguent, collyrium
a suppository
the wick of a lamp
a magical wick
a limp
the projecting threads or unwoven ends of woven cloth, a kind of fringe
a projecting rim or protuberance round a vessel
a swelling or polypus in the throat
a swelling or protuberance formed by internal rupture
a surgical instrument, bougie
a streak, line

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वर्ती (vartī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वर्ती vartī	वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹ vartyau / vartī¹	वर्त्यः / वर्तीः¹ vartyaḥ / vartīḥ¹
Vocative	वर्ति varti	वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹ vartyau / vartī¹	वर्त्यः / वर्तीः¹ vartyaḥ / vartīḥ¹
Accusative	वर्तीम् vartīm	वर्त्यौ / वर्ती¹ vartyau / vartī¹	वर्तीः vartīḥ
Instrumental	वर्त्या vartyā	वर्तीभ्याम् vartībhyām	वर्तीभिः vartībhiḥ
Dative	वर्त्यै vartyai	वर्तीभ्याम् vartībhyām	वर्तीभ्यः vartībhyaḥ
Ablative	वर्त्याः / वर्त्यै² vartyāḥ / vartyai²	वर्तीभ्याम् vartībhyām	वर्तीभ्यः vartībhyaḥ
Genitive	वर्त्याः / वर्त्यै² vartyāḥ / vartyai²	वर्त्योः vartyoḥ	वर्तीनाम् vartīnām
Locative	वर्त्याम् vartyām	वर्त्योः vartyoḥ	वर्तीषु vartīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

वर्ति (varti)
वर्तिका (vartikā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वर्ती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 925/2-3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 519