व्रत
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
व्रत • (vrat) m
- fast
- Synonym: उपवास (upvās)
- व्रत रखना ― vrat rakhnā ― to fast
- vow
- व्रत लेना ― vrat lenā ― to take a vow
- व्रत करना ― vrat karnā ― to make a vow
Declension edit
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit व्रत (vratá)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
व्रत • (vrat)
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wratám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wratám, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak, say”), possibly also conflated with *welh₁- (“to choose, want, will”) (cf. वर (vará, “choice; chooser”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (urvāta), Old English word (whence English word).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
व्रत • (vratá) stem, n
- will
- command
- law
- ordinance
- rule
- obedience
- service
- dominion, realm
- sphere of action, function, mode or manner of life
- conduct
- manner, usage, custom
- a religious vow or practice
- any pious observance
- meritorious act of devotion or austerity
- solemn vow
- rule
- holy practice
Declension edit
Neuter a-stem declension of व्रत (vratá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | व्रतम् vratám |
व्रते vraté |
व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹ |
Vocative | व्रत vráta |
व्रते vráte |
व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vrátāni / vrátā¹ |
Accusative | व्रतम् vratám |
व्रते vraté |
व्रतानि / व्रता¹ vratā́ni / vratā́¹ |
Instrumental | व्रतेन vraténa |
व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām |
व्रतैः / व्रतेभिः¹ vrataíḥ / vratébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | व्रताय vratā́ya |
व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām |
व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ |
Ablative | व्रतात् vratā́t |
व्रताभ्याम् vratā́bhyām |
व्रतेभ्यः vratébhyaḥ |
Genitive | व्रतस्य vratásya |
व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ |
व्रतानाम् vratā́nām |
Locative | व्रते vraté |
व्रतयोः vratáyoḥ |
व्रतेषु vratéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
- → English: vrata (learned)
- → Hindi: व्रत (vrat)
- → Indonesian: brata
- → Nepali: व्रत (brata)
- → Tamil: விரதம் (viratam)
- → Tocharian B: wrat
Further reading edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “व्रत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1042.