वर्ती
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वर्ती (vartī) | वर्त्यौ (vartyau) वर्ती¹ (vartī¹) |
वर्त्यः (vartyaḥ) वर्तीः¹ (vartīḥ¹) |
| vocative | वर्ति (varti) | वर्त्यौ (vartyau) वर्ती¹ (vartī¹) |
वर्त्यः (vartyaḥ) वर्तीः¹ (vartīḥ¹) |
| accusative | वर्तीम् (vartīm) | वर्त्यौ (vartyau) वर्ती¹ (vartī¹) |
वर्तीः (vartīḥ) |
| instrumental | वर्त्या (vartyā) | वर्तीभ्याम् (vartībhyām) | वर्तीभिः (vartībhiḥ) |
| dative | वर्त्यै (vartyai) | वर्तीभ्याम् (vartībhyām) | वर्तीभ्यः (vartībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वर्त्याः (vartyāḥ) वर्त्यै² (vartyai²) |
वर्तीभ्याम् (vartībhyām) | वर्तीभ्यः (vartībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वर्त्याः (vartyāḥ) वर्त्यै² (vartyai²) |
वर्त्योः (vartyoḥ) | वर्तीनाम् (vartīnām) |
| locative | वर्त्याम् (vartyām) | वर्त्योः (vartyoḥ) | वर्तीषु (vartīṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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