वात

See also: वाति, वृत, and वृति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːt̪/, [ʋäːt̪]

Noun

वात • (vāt) m

1. wind, air
2. wind as a bodily humour
3. rheumatism, gout

Declension

Declension of वात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वात vāt	वात vāt
oblique	वात vāt	वातों vātõ
vocative	वात vāt	वातो vāto

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Noun

वात • (vāta)

1. story, matter, affair

Alternative forms

• वत्त (vatta)

Descendants

• Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vāta (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ৰাত (Bengali script)
• වාත (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါတ or ဝႃတ (Burmese script)
• วาต or วาตะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາຕ or ວາຕະ (Lao script)
• វាត (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

वात m

1. Devanagari script form of vāta

Declension

Declension table of "वात" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वातो (vāto)	वाता (vātā)
Accusative (second)	वातं (vātaṃ)	वाते (vāte)
Instrumental (third)	वातेन (vātena)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वातस्स (vātassa) or वाताय (vātāya) or वातत्थं (vātatthaṃ)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वातस्मा (vātasmā) or वातम्हा (vātamhā) or वाता (vātā)	वातेहि (vātehi) or वातेभि (vātebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वातस्स (vātassa)	वातानं (vātānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वातस्मिं (vātasmiṃ) or वातम्हि (vātamhi) or वाते (vāte)	वातेसु (vātesu)
Vocative (calling)	वात (vāta)	वाता (vātā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱাত (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• বাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါတ (Burmese script)
• વાત (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾತ (Kannada script)
• វាត (Khmer script)
• ວາຕ (Lao script)
• വാത (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଵାତ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• වාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• வாத (Tamil script)
• వాత (Telugu script)
• วาต (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian باد (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

Pronunciation

• (Early Rigvedic): IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

वात • (vā́ta) stem, m

1. wind, air
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:

     यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः।
     एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥

     yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ.
     evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ.

     Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses,
     So that the ten-month baby may be born.

2. wind-god
3. wind emitted from the body
4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वात (vā́ta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वातः vā́taḥ	वातौ / वाता¹ vā́tau / vā́tā¹	वाताः / वातासः¹ vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वात vā́ta	वातौ / वाता¹ vā́tau / vā́tā¹	वाताः / वातासः¹ vā́tāḥ / vā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वातम् vā́tam	वातौ / वाता¹ vā́tau / vā́tā¹	वातान् vā́tān
Instrumental	वातेन vā́tena	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातैः / वातेभिः¹ vā́taiḥ / vā́tebhiḥ¹
Dative	वाताय vā́tāya	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातेभ्यः vā́tebhyaḥ
Ablative	वातात् vā́tāt	वाताभ्याम् vā́tābhyām	वातेभ्यः vā́tebhyaḥ
Genitive	वातस्य vā́tasya	वातयोः vā́tayoḥ	वातानाम् vā́tānām
Locative	वाते vā́te	वातयोः vā́tayoḥ	वातेषु vā́teṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• वातापि (vātāpi)
  • Old Kannada: ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi)
    • Kannada: ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi)
      • English: Badami (“a city in Karnataka”)
• वातर (vātara)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: वारो (vāro) or Kodiali Konkani: वारे (vāre)
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: वारा (vārā), वारें (vāreṃ)

      Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰 (vārā), 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (vāreṃ)

      • Marathi: वारा (vārā)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Sindhi: varāiṇu

      Devanagari script: वराइणु

      Arabic script: وَرَائِڻُ

  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
• वातुल (vātula)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
    • Assamese: বাউল (baul)
    • Bengali: বাউল (baul)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: बावला (bāvlā)

      Urdu: باؤلا (bāvlā)

      • ⇒ Marathi: बावळट (bāvḷaṭ)
  • → Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
  • → Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)

    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)

    • → Marathi: वातूळ (vātūḷ)
• [Term?]
  • Romani: balval

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ވައި (vai)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বা (ba)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Sindhi: واءُ (vaha)
• Pali: vāta

Borrowed terms

• Kannada: ವಾತ (vāta)
• Malayalam: വാതകം (vātakaṁ)
• Old Marathi: vāta

  Devanagari script: वात

  Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝

  • → Marathi: वात (vāt)
• Telugu: వాతము (vātamu)
• Sinhalese: වාතය (wātaya)

See also

• वायु (vāyú)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (“Odin”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (“mad, crazy”) (whence English wode).

Adjective

वात • (vā́ta) stem

1. attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

Derived terms

• निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)