वृत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वर्त् (vart)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৃত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বৃত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၖတ် (Burmese script)
• વૃત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೃತ್ (Kannada script)
• វ្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• വൃത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୃତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වෘත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• வ்ரித் (Tamil script)
• వృత్ (Telugu script)
• วฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩t̪/

Root

वृत् • (vṛt)

1. to turn, to rotate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृत् (0 c, 15 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृत् (14 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वर्तते (vártate, Present)
• वर्तति (vártati, Present)
• वर्त्स्यति (vartsyáti, Future)
• वर्तिष्यति (vartiṣyati, Future)
• वर्तिता (vartitā, Periphrastic Future)
• अवर्त् (ávart, Aorist)
• अवृत्त (ávṛtta, Aorist)
• अवृतत् (ávṛtat, Aorist)
• ववर्त (vavárta, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• अवर्ति (ávarti, Passive Aorist)
• अववर्ति (ávavarti, Passive Aorist)
• वर्तयति (vartáyati, Causative)
• अवीवृतत् (ávīvṛtat, Causative Aorist)
• वर्त्यते (vartyate, Passive of Causative)
• विवृत्सति (vívṛtsati, Desiderative)
• वर्वर्त्ति (várvartti, Intensive)
• वरीवर्त्ति (varīvartti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• वृत्त (vṛttá, Past Participle)
• वर्तितुम् (vartitum, Infinitive)
• वर्तित (vartita, Causative Past Participle)
• वर्तयध्यै (vartayádhyai, Causative Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• चक्रवर्तिन् (cakravartin, “whose wheels roll everywhere unobstructed; emperor, sovereign of the world”)
• त्रिवर्तु (trivártu, “threefold”)
• वर्तन (vártana, “turn, turning, rotation, spindle, globe”)
• वर्तनि (vartaní, “circumference or felly of a wheel; track of a wheel; path”)
• वर्तनी (vartanī, “path, way, road; life; spindle”)
• वर्ति (varti)
• वर्तिन् (vartin)
• वर्तिस् (vartís, “circuit, orbit, abode, lodging”)
• वर्ती (vartī, “wrap, bandage, wick, streak, object rolled round”)
• वर्तुल (vartula, “circle, ball, globe”)
• वर्त्मन् (vártman, “wheel rut; path, course, way”)
• वृत्ति (vṛtti, “rolling, way of life, state, existing, being in, business, wages, livelihood”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुवृत् (anuvṛt, “follow, pursue, resemble, obey, assent, respect”)
• परिवृत् (parivṛt, “turn around, revolve, convert, change”)
• प्रवृत् (pravṛt, “to assume (an office), embrace (a duty), to be promoted”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1009, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 164
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vṛt”, 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 518-519
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 691-692