वेष्ट

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐjʂ.ʈɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːʂ.ʈɐ/

Noun

वेष्ट • (vēṣṭá) stem, m

1. band, noose

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वेष्ट (veṣṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेष्टः veṣṭaḥ	वेष्टौ / वेष्टा¹ veṣṭau / veṣṭā¹	वेष्टाः / वेष्टासः¹ veṣṭāḥ / veṣṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वेष्ट veṣṭa	वेष्टौ / वेष्टा¹ veṣṭau / veṣṭā¹	वेष्टाः / वेष्टासः¹ veṣṭāḥ / veṣṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वेष्टम् veṣṭam	वेष्टौ / वेष्टा¹ veṣṭau / veṣṭā¹	वेष्टान् veṣṭān
Instrumental	वेष्टेन veṣṭena	वेष्टाभ्याम् veṣṭābhyām	वेष्टैः / वेष्टेभिः¹ veṣṭaiḥ / veṣṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	वेष्टाय veṣṭāya	वेष्टाभ्याम् veṣṭābhyām	वेष्टेभ्यः veṣṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	वेष्टात् veṣṭāt	वेष्टाभ्याम् veṣṭābhyām	वेष्टेभ्यः veṣṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	वेष्टस्य veṣṭasya	वेष्टयोः veṣṭayoḥ	वेष्टानाम् veṣṭānām
Locative	वेष्टे veṣṭe	वेष्टयोः veṣṭayoḥ	वेष्टेषु veṣṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• वेष्टक (veṣṭaka)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Pali: sīsa-vēṭha
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀠 (veḍha) (see there for further descendants)
• Marathi: वेठ (veṭh), वेंठ (veṇṭha), वेट (veṭ), वेंट (veṇṭa)

Borrowings

• → Bengali: বেষ্ট (beśṭo) (learned)
• → Hindi: वेष्ट (veṣṭ) (learned)
• → Kannada: ವೇಷ್ಟ (vēṣṭa) (learned)
• → Malayalam: വേഷ്ടം (vēṣṭaṁ) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: වේෂ්ටය (wēṣṭaya) (learned)
• → Tamil: வேஷ்டை (vēṣṭai), வேஷ்டி (vēṣṭi), வேட்டி (vēṭṭi), வேட்டம் (vēṭṭam), வேட்சை (vēṭcai) (learned)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वेष्ट”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “veṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press