वह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဟ် (Burmese script)
• વહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಹ್ (Kannada script)
• វហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຫ຺ (Lao script)
• വഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• வஹ் (Tamil script)
• వహ్ (Telugu script)
• วหฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɦ/

Root

वह् • (vah)

1. to carry

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वह् (0 c, 13 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वह् (8 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वहति (váhati, Present)
• वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti, Future)
• वोढा (voḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अवाक्षीत् (ávākṣīt, Aorist)
• उह्यात् (uhyāt, Benedictive)
• उवाह (uvā́ha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• उह्यते (uhyáte, Passive)
• अवाहि (ávāhi, Passive Aorist)
• वाहयति (vāháyati, Causative)
• अवीवहत् (ávīvahat, Causative Aorist)
• वाह्यते (vāhyate, Passive of Causative)
• विवक्षति (vivakṣati, Desiderative)
• वावहीति (vāvahīti, Intensive)
• वनीवाह्यते (vanīvāhyáte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• ऊढ (ūḍhá, Past Participle)
• वोढुम् (vóḍhum, Infinitive)
• वोढवे (vóḍhave, Infinitive)
• वोढवै (vóḍhavái, Infinitive)
• वहध्यै (váhadhyai, Infinitive)
• ऊढ्वा (ūḍhvā́, Gerund)
• उह्य (úhya, Gerund)
• वाह्य (vāhya, Gerundive)
• वोढव्य (voḍhavya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वाह् (vāh)
• वह (vaha)
• वहिन् (vahin)
• वह्य (vahya)
• ओघ (ogha)
• औघ (aughá)
• वाह (vāha)
• वाहक (vāhaka)
• वाहिन् (vāhin)
• वहन (vahana)
• वाहन (vāhana)
• वाहनीय (vāhanīya)
• वहत् (vahat)
• वाघत् (vāghat)
• वाहस् (vāhas)
• ऊढि (ūḍhi)
• वहतु (vahatu)
• वाहितव्य (vāhitavya)
• वोढृ (voḍhṛ)
• वाहितृ (vāhitṛ)
• वहितृ (vahitṛ)
• वहित्र (vahitra)
• वहिष्ठ (vahiṣṭha)
• वाहिष्ठ (vāhiṣṭha)
• वहीयस् (vahīyas)
• वह्नि (vahni)
• वह्मन् (vahman)
• वक्षस् (vakṣas)
• वक्षी (vakṣī)
• वावहि (vāvahi)
• वीवध (vīvadha)
• वाहयितृ (vāhayitṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• प्रवह् (pravah)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वह् (8 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, columns 2-3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vah”, 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, pages 535-7