𑀯𑀸𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-?

Sanskrit वद् (vad)

Sanskrit वाद (vāda)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀅 (vāa)

Inherited from Sanskrit वाद (vāda), from वद् (vad), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH-.

Noun

𑀯𑀸𑀅 (vāa) m (Devanagari वाअ, Kannada ವಾಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. speech, word, saying
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 201:

     अच्छउ ता जणवाओ हिअअं चिअ अत्तणो तुह पमाणं ।
     तह तं सि मंदणेहो जह ण उवालंभजोग्गो सि ॥

     acchaü tā jaṇavāo hiaaṃ cia attaṇo tuha pamāṇaṃ .
     taha taṃ si maṃdaṇeho jaha ṇa uvālaṃbhajŏggo si .

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Never mind the gossip [lit. "words of people"]:
       Judge by your own feelings.
       Anyway,
       You have grown so cool
       That you are beyond reproach.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀯𑀸𑀅 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀯𑀸𑀑 (vāo)	𑀯𑀸𑀆 (vāā)
Accusative	𑀯𑀸𑀅𑀁 (vāaṃ)	𑀯𑀸𑀏 (vāe) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆 (vāā)
Instrumental	𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀡 (vāeṇa) or 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀡𑀁 (vāeṇaṃ)	𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀳𑀺 (vāehi) or 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (vāehiṃ)
Dative	𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀅 (vāāa)	—
Ablative	𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀑 (vāāo) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀉 (vāāu) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆 (vāā) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀳𑀺 (vāāhi) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (vāāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀯𑀸𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (vāassa)	𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀡 (vāāṇa) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀡𑀁 (vāāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀯𑀸𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (vāammi) or 𑀯𑀸𑀏 (vāe)	𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀲𑀼 (vāesu) or 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (vāesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀯𑀸𑀅 (vāa) or 𑀯𑀸𑀆 (vāā)	𑀯𑀸𑀆 (vāā)

Descendants

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bihari:
    • >? Maithili: बाव (bāv, “type of musical instrument”)