वेल्ल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱেল্ল্ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬾᬮ᭄ᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
বেল্ল্ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰸𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဝေလ္လ် (Burmese script)
વેલ્લ્ (Gujarati script)
ਵੇਲ੍ਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍇𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦺꦭ꧀ꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂵𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ವೇಲ್ಲ್ (Kannada script)
វេល្ល៑ (Khmer script)
ເວລ຺ລ຺ (Lao script)
വേല്ല് (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡝᠯᠯ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘹𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠸᠧᠯᠯ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧚𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐾𑐮𑑂𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
ଵେଲ୍ଲ୍ (Odia script)
ꢮꢾꢭ꣄ꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆼𑆬𑇀𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖸𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
වෙල‍්ල් (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩔𑩽 𑪙𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚲𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
வேல்ல் (Tamil script)
వేల్ల్ (Telugu script)
เวลฺลฺ (Thai script)
ཝེ་ལླ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒹𑒪𑓂𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨄𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A late root, only attested in Classical texts and after, of uncertain origin.

Tedesco derives the root from वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”), via a series of sound changes वृत् (vṛt) > वृत्त (vṛtta) > *विट्ट (viṭṭa) > वेल्लति (vellati), relating it to वल् (val, “to turn about”).

Burrow considers the root as an ll-extension of a series of Prakrit verbs of the form [script needed] (ve-a-), relating them to वेज् (vej) and वेप् (vep, “to tremble, shake”). He also considers the "to wind around, be bent" meanings of the root to be etymologically distinct, deriving the latter from वेष्ट् (veṣṭ, “to wind or twist round”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐjll/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋeːl̪l̪/

Root

वेल्ल् • (vell)

to shake about, tremble, sway, be tossed or agitated, stagger
to knead (a dough)

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वेल्ल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1018/3.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 166
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 478-9
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 262; 460