वध
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ৱধ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬥ (Balinese script)
- বধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဓ (Burmese script)
- વધ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ವಧ (Kannada script)
- វធ (Khmer script)
- ວຘ (Lao script)
- വധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐢 (Newa script)
- ଵଧ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖠 (Siddham script)
- වධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚜 (Takri script)
- வத⁴ (Tamil script)
- వధ (Telugu script)
- วธ (Thai script)
- ཝ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀 (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀 (vada, “weapon”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
वध • (vadhá) stem, m
- murder, slaughter
- one who kills; destroyer
- deadly weapon (especially Indra's thunderbolt)
- injury, hurt
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वधः vadháḥ |
वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹ |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वध vádha |
वधौ / वधा¹ vádhau / vádhā¹ |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वधम् vadhám |
वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹ |
वधान् vadhā́n |
| Instrumental | वधेन vadhéna |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वधाय vadhā́ya |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वधात् vadhā́t |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वधस्य vadhásya |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधानाम् vadhā́nām |
| Locative | वधे vadhé |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधेषु vadhéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms edit
- वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
- वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
- वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)
Descendants edit
- → Hindi: वध (vadh, “killing, execution, massacre”)
- → Sinhalese: වධ (wadha, “torture”)
- → Telugu: వధ (vadha, “killing, slaying, murder”)
- ⇒ Telugu: వధించు (vadhiñcu)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press