वोळ्हृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वोढृ (vóḍhṛ, voḍhṛ́)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáẓḍʰā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáždʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtōr (“bearer, carrier”), from *weǵʰ- (“to carry, to transport”). Cognate with Latin vector (“bearer, carrier”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐw.ɭ̆ʱŕ̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋoː.ɭ̆ʱr̩/

Noun

वोळ्हृ • (voḷhṛ́) stem, m

1. (Rigvedic) one who bears or carries; a draft horse
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.96.15:

     एष स्य सोमो मतिभिः पुनानोऽत्यो न वाजी तरतीदरातीः ।
     पयो न दुग्धमदितेरिषिरमुर्विव गातुः सुयमो न वोळ्हा ॥

     eṣa sya somo matibhiḥ punānoʼtyo na vājī taratīdarātīḥ.
     payo na dugdhamaditeriṣiramurviva gātuḥ suyamo na voḷhā.

     Purified with our holy hymns, this Soma overtakes malignities like a strong charger,
     Like fresh milk poured by Aditi, like passage in ample room, or like a docile car-horse.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of वोळ्हृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वोळ्हा (voḷhā́)	वोळ्हारौ (voḷhā́rau) वोळ्हारा¹ (voḷhā́rā¹)	वोळ्हारः (voḷhā́raḥ)
vocative	वोळ्हः (vóḷhaḥ)	वोळ्हारौ (vóḷhārau) वोळ्हारा¹ (vóḷhārā¹)	वोळ्हारः (vóḷhāraḥ)
accusative	वोळ्हारम् (voḷhā́ram)	वोळ्हारौ (voḷhā́rau) वोळ्हारा¹ (voḷhā́rā¹)	वोळ्हॄन् (voḷhṝ́n)
instrumental	वोढ्रा (voḍhrā́)	वोळ्हृभ्याम् (voḷhṛ́bhyām)	वोळ्हृभिः (voḷhṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	वोढ्रे (voḍhré)	वोळ्हृभ्याम् (voḷhṛ́bhyām)	वोळ्हृभ्यः (voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	वोळ्हुः (voḷhúḥ)	वोळ्हृभ्याम् (voḷhṛ́bhyām)	वोळ्हृभ्यः (voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	वोळ्हुः (voḷhúḥ)	वोढ्रोः (voḍhróḥ)	वोळ्हॄणाम् (voḷhṝṇā́m)
locative	वोळ्हरि (voḷhári)	वोढ्रोः (voḍhróḥ)	वोळ्हृषु (voḷhṛ́ṣu)

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