वण्ट्
Sanskrit
editAlternative forms
edit- बण्ट् (baṇṭ)
Alternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- ৱণ্ট্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬡ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বণ্ট্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰜𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဏ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
- વણ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਣ੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌣𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦟ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂝𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಣ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
- វណ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຓ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
- വണ്ട് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢏᢞ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘜𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢏᢌ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦼𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐞𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଣ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢠ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆟𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖜𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වණ්ට් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩪 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚘𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
- வண்ட் (Tamil script)
- వణ్ట్ (Telugu script)
- วณฺฏฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཎྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒝𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨘𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editOf unknown origin. Attempts to connect the root to Dravidian have been unsuccessful. There is a vague similarity with Chinese 頒/颁 (bān, “to confer”) and/or 分 (fēn, “to divide, distribute”). Considering the root is only attested in Classical onwards, this word was possibly borrowed from Sinitic merchants from Southern China who pronounced the word/s closer to van or ven. The ट् is problematic, however; it is perhaps an ad hoc addition to differentiate from वनोति (vanoti, meaning “to desire, love or wish for”)
Pronunciation
editRoot
editवण्ट् • (vaṇṭ)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “वण्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 454
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 131